Impact of a Transmission Checklist in Post Anesthesia Care Unit on Immediate Respiratory Complications

Communication and information transmission problems are responsible for the majority of serious adverse events. The use of a checklist in the operating theatre has demonstrated its benefit in terms of reducing morbidity and mortality Regarding transmissions between caregivers, numerous studies have shown the great difference between the medical data of a patient in their file and the information transmitted.

The authors recommend using checklists in order to standardise transmissions. This work highlighted the beneficial role in terms of carers' satisfaction, quantity and quality of information transmitted. On the other hand, no study has looked at the reduction of immediate postoperative complications in post anaesthesia care units (PACU).

Inclusion criteria

• Male or Female over 18 admitted to PACU
• Patient having understood the aims and the methods of the research

• Patient having expressed their consent to the use of their data.
• Subject registered with or beneficiary of a social security scheme

Exclusion criteria

• Patient participating in another clinical study
• Acute or chronic respiratory insufficiency preoperatively
• Protected patient: adult under guardianship, tutorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
• Pregnant or lactating women