Intraoperative The intra operative period begins when the patient is transferred to the operating room bed and ends with the transfer of a patient to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).

They also included nine claims where the situs of all or some of the losses was Iraq and one claim where the losses related to an invoice issued by an Iraqi party.

Given the amount claimed, the fact that the situs of the alleged losses was Iraq and that Iraq was a party to the contracts that are the subject of some portions of the claim, the Panel directed that the claim file be transmitted to Iraq for comments.

As indicated earlier, nine claim files were transmitted to Iraq because the situs of all or some of the claimed losses was in Iraq, and one claim was transmitted to Iraq because the claimant claimed for losses relating to an invoice issued by an Iraqi party.