Modeling Phase I Postanesthesia Care Unit Patient Transport Times Among Multiple Destinations.

Background: Although the importance of transporter availability to the operating room and phase I postanesthesia care unit workflow has been known since Marcon et al Anesth & Analg 2003, no detailed data have been published about patient transport times. Nearly all facilities know the times of postanesthesia care unit (PACU) discharges, but transport time through when the transporter returns consumes porter resources.

Methods: Epic's Rover was implemented to track all PACU transports, 22,846 from July 2022 through April 2024.