Evaluation of the Time Spent by Anesthetist on Clinical Tasks in the Operating Room.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Changes in the health system in Western countries have increased the scope of the daily tasks assigned to physicians', anesthetists included. As already shown in other specialties, increased non-clinical burden reduces the clinical time spent with patients.

Methods

This was a multicenter, prospective, observational study conducted in 6 public and private hospitals in France. The primary endpoint was the evaluation by an external observer of the time spent per day (in minutes) by anesthetists on clinical tasks in the operating room. Secondary endpoints were the time spent per day (in minutes) on non-clinical organizational tasks and the number of task interruptions per hour of work.

Results

Between October 2017 and April 2018, 54 anesthetists from six hospit

SUBMITTER: Compere V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8801532 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature