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Pacu Discharge Criteria
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WHAT TO EXPECT: POST-ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT
www.upmc.coming, a longer stay in the PACU is necessary. • Baseline temperature must be normal. • Excessive shivering and loss of body heat due to anesthesia may require a longer stay in the PACU. After all of the discharge criteria are met, a patient is discharged by their anesthesiologist to an inpatient room or to the Day of Surgery Unit (if you are ...
Standards for Postanesthesia Care 2019
www.asahq.org1. When discharge criteria are used, they must be approved by the Department of Anesthesiology and the medical staff. They may vary depending upon whether the patient is discharged to a hospital room, to the Intensive Care Unit, to a short stay unit or home. 2. In the absence of the physician responsible for the discharge, the PACU nurse shall