Veterinary Recovery Capacity Calculator
Calculate complete recovery-bed cycles that finish within your operating hours under a uniform independent-bed model. Also estimate foster-slot throughput after subtracting reservations.
A QUICK WALKTHROUGH
How to use this tool
- Enter your own recorded values.
- Calculate the arithmetic result.
- Copy or download the calculation.
Formula and units
Cycle hours = stay + turnaround. Cycles per bed = floor(operating hours / cycle hours). Total complete cycles = beds × cycles per bed. Beds and counts must be safe integers, up to 9007199254740991.
Scope
Each bed operates independently with identical stay and turnaround times, starting empty at opening. Only full stay-and-turnaround cycles ending before close count. The final counted cycle includes its turnaround. This is a scheduling model, not a clinical recovery duration, staffing plan or safe patient-capacity recommendation.
Local processing
Inputs stay in your browser. Copy and TXT export include the inputs, formula and scope.
Foster slots
Available slots = total − reserved. Continuous theoretical cycles = available × daily hours / (stay + turnaround). Complete cycles = available × floor(daily hours / (stay + turnaround)). Each available slot starts empty and acts independently with identical stay and turnaround times. The final complete cycle also includes turnaround. Continuous output may be fractional; only whole cycles finish in the day. This is scheduling arithmetic, not a clinical capacity or welfare recommendation. Foster example: 5 total slots, 1 reserved, 8 daily hours, 2 hours stay and 1 hour turnaround gives 4 available slots, about 10.6667 continuous theoretical cycles and 8 complete cycles.
GOOD TO KNOW
Common questions
Why round down on each bed first?
A partial cycle cannot finish within the supplied hours. Spare time on separate beds cannot be pooled into another full cycle.
Does this set safe clinical capacity?
No. Staffing, patient condition, equipment and actual recovery time require separate decisions; the model assumes uniform independent cycles.