Your post-anesthesia care unit - the last link in the patient care chain - can quite literally represent the bottom line in the surgical process as well as your schedule and budget. At our six-OR, multispecialty ambulatory surgical center, we've found that even seemingly small improvements can make a big difference in getting patients comfortable, on their feet and on their way home sooner. In this article, we've compiled some of the steps we've incorporated into this routine. Each step is common sense advice, of course, but taken together they boost PACU results, prevent bottlenecks from forming in your ORs and keep patients satisfied.