Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Preoperative Fasting Times Before Elective Procedures

ConditionsPreoperative Fasting Perioperative Patient Comfort / Quality of Care Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV)Postoperative Pulmonary Complications Delirium

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot listed

Trial typeObservational

Biological sexAll

AgeNot listed

SponsorUniversity of Giessen

About this trial

This single-center quality improvement project evaluates preoperative fasting times before elective procedures requiring anesthesiology care. The project aims to reduce prolonged fasting for clear fluids by implementing a local standard operating procedure (SOP) allowing patients to drink clear liquids until being called to the operating room ("drink until called"), supported by staff education and fasting instruction cards. Fasting times and selected perioperative outcomes will be assessed before and after implementation.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

All patients elective surgery or intervention requiring with anesthesiology care general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, sedation, or anesthesiology stand-by

Disqualifiers

Already sedated, intubated, and mechanically ventilated patients

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Not listed

Trial groups

1,000 Participants

are grouped into 2 trial groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Giessen

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov