“…17 While it shares similarities with surgical capacity assessment tools used in other settings, [18][19][20] the AFAT contains a greater focus on anesthesia-specific resources. 21,22 The tool consists of 200 items divided into categories, including facility characteristics, infrastructure, blood product services, information management, workforce, service delivery, surgical logbook, medications, and equipment. It employs frequency grouping labels using the terms "always" (100% of the time), "almost always" (76%-99%), "often" (51%-75%), "sometimes" (26%-51%), "rarely" (1%-25%), and "never" (0% of the time).…”