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Improving In Pacu Sign-Out Times, Manan Karki, Todd A. Glenski, Christian M. Taylor
Improving In Pacu Sign-Out Times, Manan Karki, Todd A. Glenski, Christian M. Taylor
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The post anesthesia care unit (PACU) provides specialized care to post-surgical patients recovering from anesthesia. Patients are discharged from the PACU to other clinical units or home after they are deemed stable depending on the type of surgery. A delayed discharge from the PACU can occur due to varied reasons which can affect the dynamic patient flow, have implications on pediatric population (e.g., anxiety due to parental separation), and increase the overall cost of service.
This quality improvement project looks at possible causes to PACU sign-out delays and helps develop countermeasures to improve the efficiency of signouts once patients are …