Saeed U Zafar, Fauzia Anees Khan, Mueenullah Khan.
Standardization of anesthesia ready time and reasons of delay in induction of anesthesia.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;56(3):112-5.

Objective: Anesthesia-Ready Time (ART) is the time taken by the anesthetist to provide sufficient anaesthetic depth for start of surgery. Our aim was to set benchmark timings for ART and compare it with our current practice. Methods: Benchmark ART time of 15 minutes was set for American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class I and II patients, 30 minutes for ASA III and IV patients, 20 minutes for spinal and 30 minutes for epidural anesthesia. An additional 15 minutes was added for each invasive procedure. Results: Three hundred elective cases were audited. Seventy eight percent of the cases were within benchmark timings. The main causes of delay included undergraduate students performing procedures (24.6%), teaching invasive lines to postgraduates (21.3%) and pediatric patients (16.4%). Conclusion: The introduction of benchmark timings and its regular auditing can help standardize operating room booking time and reducing patient cost (JPMA 56:112;2006).

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AOA, NICE TO SEE THE ART ATLAST. QUESTION IS ,IS IT APPLICABLE TO THE NONPRIVATE ORGANIZATION (GOVERMENTAL)? BYE
Posted by: azizt on Apr 2006

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