Table 1.

Prevalence of postoperative morbidity indicators from April 2019 to April 2020. Values are number (proportion) or median (IQR [range]).

Morbidity indicator	Data entries No. of subjects in dataset	No. of subjects in which indicator reported
Postoperative morbidity survey in PACU
Haematological
Blood product transfusion	1649	19 (1.2%)
Hypoxia
Oxygen saturations < 92% requiring intervention	1534	116 (7.6%)
Anti‐emetics
Postoperative nausea and vomiting requiring anti‐emetics	1604	38 (2.4%)
Pain assessment
Postoperative pain assessed using visual analogue scale	1534	481 (31.4%)
Pain management
Pain management intervention	1655	883 (53.4%)
Postoperative morbidity survey at 48‐h follow‐up
Hypoxia
Oxygen saturations < 92% requiring intervention	1542	28 (1.8%)
Cardiovascular
Haemodynamic or cardiac instability	1542	13 (0.8%)
Delirium and confusion
New onset delirium or confusion	1532	15 (1.0%)
Pain assessment
Postoperative pain assessed using visual assessment scale	1532	46 (3.0%)
Gastro‐intestinal
Ability to eat and drink	1537	582 (37.9%)
Mobility
Ability to walk independently	1536	704 (45.8%)
Key performance indicators
Duration of in‐hospital pre‐elective stay; days	645	1 (1‐3 [0–70])
Duration in theatre for elective patients; mins	679	60 (45–90 [5–120])
Rate of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist utilisation	1732	1595 (92.1%)
Adverse anaesthetic events	1056	33 (3.1%)
Surgical site infection rate	1074	21 (2.0%)

PACU, post‐anaesthesia care unit.