4. Organisational Issues
INTRODUCTION
QUESTIONNAIRE RETURN
WORKLOAD OF ENDOSCOPY UNITS
SIZE OF ENDOSCOPY UNIT
OUT OF HOURS ENDOSCOPY
NURSE ENDOSCOPISTS
ENDOSCOPY ROOM EQUIPMENT
RECOVERY AREAS
RESUSCITATION FACILITIES
AUDIT/GOVERNANCE MEETINGS
RECOMMENDATIONS
CHAPTER REFERENCES
n = number of cases where information was provided

 

RECOVERY AREAS

6% of hospitals who provided information on recovery (12/187) did not have a dedicated recovery area within their endoscopy unit despite a recommendation within the BSG Report1 which expects the same equipment that is in each endoscopy room, namely oxygen, pulse oximetry and ECG monitoring to be present in recovery. 81% of hospitals with recovery rooms (142/175) had oxygen and only 47% (82/175) had pulse oximetry.