September 20, 2017
PACU patient flow improves with CRNA assistance
Throughput inefficiencies are a growing problem in surgical services departments. Patients are held in the OR because there is no room in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU), and patients are held in the PACU because there are no beds available in the patient care unit or because outpatients having major procedures are staying longer before being discharged.
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