Decreases in Anesthesia-Controlled Time Cannot Permit One Additional Surgical Operation to be Reliably Scheduled During the Workday

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Reducing anesthesia-controlled time to zero would not reliably allow for an additional 30-minute surgical case to be scheduled during the workday.

Intervention

Decreasing anesthesia-controlled time

Outcome

Ability to schedule one additional 30-min surgical operation during the workday with a 95% probability of completion before the day's end

Reducing anesthesia-controlled time to zero would not reliably allow for an additional 30-minute surgical case to be scheduled during the workday.

Conservative assumptions (e.g., 95% probability level)
Reported anesthesia times may be higher than in many areas of the country
Academic institutions traditionally have more anesthesia-controlled time than private practices

Dexter et al. (1996) studied this question.

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Reducing anesthesia-controlled time to zero would not reliably allow for an additional 30-minute surgical case to be scheduled during the workday.