An Audit of Operating Room Time Utilization in a Teaching Hospital: Is There a Place for Improvement?

Table 1

Total time and time intervals according to the impact of the surgical procedure.

Operation	Total time	Time points
		T1	T2	T3	T4	T5
Minor	118 (29)	16 (7)	10 (4)	72 (24)	11 (5)	8 (4)
Moderate	150 (51)	17 (7)	13 (7)	96 (47)	12 (9)	12 (10)
Major	245 (69)	25 (12)	16 (9)	180 (67)	15 (6)	14 (8)
Sum (all types)	172 (67)	19 (9)	13 (8)	115 (64)	12 (8)	12 (9)

Data are expressed in minutes as mean (SD).
T1: induction to anaesthesia; T2: preparation for surgery; T3: duration of surgery; T4: recovery from anaesthesia; T5: transfer from OR to PACU or ICU.