There should be regular audits covering the management of patients, patient performance of the PACU and patient satisfaction. This serves to ensure that healthcare is delivered in the right way, and contributes to the feedback available for training of staff in recovery and in theatre service improvement.
Regular team training should take place which should include management of emergencies in theatre/PACU. All team members should take part. For example an exercise could be provided by doing a simulated event in one theatre using a ‘dummy patient’. Although this would at first seem to detract from operating time, it provides a mechanism to ensure safe, whole team training in a real environment.