Recovery and Discharge After Sedation or Anaesthesia — Criteria Score
Nobody leaves recovery, or goes home, on the clock. They leave on the score: activity, breathing, circulation, consciousness, saturation — and, for home, pain, nausea, bleeding, walking, an escort
What it is
A modified Aldrete score for discharge from recovery to the ward (≥ 9 of 10) and a post-anaesthetic discharge score for going home after day-case sedation or anaesthesia (≥ 9 of 10 plus an escort and written instructions), with the record and the instructions given.
Where to use it
Recovery area; day-case unit; endoscopy; dental sedation. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — post-anaesthesia care; Standard 6 — discharge. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — post-anaesthesia care; Standard 6 — discharge. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — post-anaesthesia care; Standard 6 — discharge.
Translate and adapt
English master edition. Georgian and other translations are added as they are clinically reviewed. Any facility may translate, add its logo and adapt wording to local practice — keeping the ASF block, the source attribution and the licence line on the sheet. Clinical thresholds and drug doses must be confirmed against national protocols before use.
The same code is printed on the tool itself. Scan it in any facility to reach this page.
Pre-Sedation and Pre-Anaesthesia Assessment
Procedural Sedation — Monitoring Record
Difficult-Airway Trolley — Contents and Daily Check
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