PURPOSE: To evaluate the ability to optimize the operating room when custom pack is used in cataract surgery. METHODS: A prospective study of 60 surgeries was carried out at the "Hospital das Clínicas" of the Medical School of the University of São Paulo in 2003. RESULTS: In this study, the use of custom pack in this hospital contributed to reduce the time of surgery to one minute and fifty seconds and in to optimize the surgery theater by 6.7% of its efficiency. CONCLUSION: According to the conditions of the "Hospital das Clínicas" of the Medical School of the University of São Paulo, we concluded that the use of custom pack contributed to optimize the surgery theater.
Cataract extraction; Optimization; Surgical instruments
