Observations: duration of actions [h:mm] per phase
| Phase/room (action) | General anaesthesia (n=137, 69%) | Local/topical anaesthesia (n=61, 31%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *n= | Average (SD) | Median | Minimum–maximum | *n= | Average (SD) | Median | Minimum–maximum | |
| Day ward preoperative (eg, intake, change clothes, clinical actions) | 107 | 00:16 (00:07) | 00:14 | 00:04–00:58 | 45 | 00:18 (00:10) | 00:17 | 00:07–1:08 |
| Holding (eg, handover, time out, apply intravenous drip) | 126 | 00:11 (00:04) | 00:11 | 00:03–00:23 | 58 | 00:13 (00:05) | 00:13 | 00:05–00:26 |
| OR (ie, surgery) | 137 | 1:00 (00:33) | 00:54 | 00:08–4:19 | 61 | 00:30 (00:12) | 00:27 | 00:09–1:19 |
| Recovery (eg, wait to wake up, extubate, apply pain management) | 132 | 00:16 (00:09) | 00:17 | 00:01–00:56 | 61 | 00:01 (00:02) | 00:01 | 00:00–00:12 |
| Day ward postoperative (eg, clinical actions, change clothes, checkout meeting) | 80 | 00:20 (00:06) | 00:19 | 00:07–00:40 | 41 | 00:18 (00:07) | 00:16 | 00:05–00:35 |
*Owing to manual tracking of multiple patients by one observer some patients were missed.
OR, operating room.