Larger anesthesia practitioner per operating room ratios are needed to prevent unnecessary non-operative time than to mitigate patient risk: A narrative review.

When choosing the anesthesia practitioner to operating room (OR) ratio for a hospital, objectives are applied to mitigate patient risk: 1) ensuring sufficient anesthesiologists to meet requirements for presence during critical intraoperative events (e.g., anesthesia induction) and 2) ensuring sufficient numbers to cover emergencies outside the ORs (e.

Survey of Lactating Anesthesiologists Using Wearable Breast Milk Pumps While Working in Operating Rooms and Other Clinical Settings.

We performed a prospective Internet survey study of anesthesiologists lactating in 2022 or 2023. Approximately half (48%, 75 of 156) lacked convenient dedicated lactation space and approximately half (55%, 86 of 155) used a wearable breast pump. The vast majority using a wearable pump did so in clinical settings, including operating rooms (88%, 76 of 86).

Feasibility of Anesthesiologists Giving Nurse Anesthetists 30-Minute Lunch Breaks and 15-Minute Morning Breaks at a University's Facilities.

Background Managers of an anesthesia department sought an estimation of how often each anesthesiologist can give lunch breaks and morning breaks to nurse anesthetists to plan staff scheduling. When an anesthesiologist supervising the nurse anesthetists can give a break, it would be preferred because fewer extra nurse anesthetists would be scheduled to facilitate breaks. Methodology Our methodological development used retrospective cohort data from the three surgical suites of a single anesthesia department.

Lactation in Anesthesiology.

There are several work-related barriers to breastfeeding among physician mothers including: lack of appropriate place for breastmilk expression, unpredictable and inflexible schedules, and lack of time to breastfeed or express milk. In a survey of physician mothers, those who were in surgical and procedural subspecialties, including anesthesiology, reported a lack of lactation facilities in close proximity to the operating room as a barrier to breastfeeding. Unlike other physicians and clinicians in different health care environments, anesthesiology is unique in that there is often no built-in time for breaks or a predictable end time to the operating room schedule.