Sample ASC Discharge Criteria Policy

When ASC Durango (Colo.) tracked its PACU times and found some patients were staying longer than four hours, the surgery center concluded that one of the contributing factors was a lack of an accurate discharge criteria policy, says Cheryl Desko, RN, clinical director for the ASC.

Ms. Desko and the ASC's medical director developed a new policy which streamlined and improved the process, helping to reduce PACU times.

To download a sample version of ASC Durango's new discharge criteria policy, click here (pdf).

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