Table 2.

Calculated time durations and their correlation to the time logs in the ORMIS software (version [7.55]; iPath Software) and patient location in 2019 and 2020.

Time duration calculated and the log entry in ORMIS software		Location of patient
		December 2019	December 2020
Transport timea
	“Patient sent for” and “patient at reception”	Patient transported from the ward to the theater reception	Patient transported from the ward to the ORb door
Preprocedure timec
	“In anesthesia room”	Patient in ARd (preparation for anesthesia begins after safety check)	In AR (only used as a thoroughfare)
	“Anesthetist start time” (anesthetist begins procedure)	In AR	In OR
	“Anesthetist end time” (patient is anesthetized and ready)	In AR	In OR
	“In OR” (patient shifted to the OR)	In OR	In OR
	“Procedure start”	In OR	In OR
Check-out timee
	“Procedure end”	In OR	In OR
	“Out of OR”	Exiting OR	Exiting OR

^aFrom when the patient is sent for to when the patient is at the reception or theater front door.

^bOR: operating room.

^cFrom when the patient is in the anesthetic room to the procedure start.

^dAR: anesthetic room.

^eFrom the procedure end to out of the operating room.