RESULTS OF PROCEDURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PER SONNEL REQUIREMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES

The quality assurance measures demanded in paragraph 137 of the Social Code require both content-oriented and formal adaptations in anaesthe sia documentation. The necessary electronic availability of risk- and quality-relevant data obtained from premedication and/or anaesthesia r ecords can be implemented only with a certain technical and personnel requirement. A solution that is presently undergoing propagation, is a utomatically readable paper documentation. A poll conducted among anae sthesiologists revealed that they have quite clear ideas about the for m of an anaesthesia protocol. The personnel requirement was investigat ed for two different procedural variants. It was found that the placin g of data in an EDP system by experienced documentation staff required about two minutes for each case of anaesthesia; a further four to fiv e minutes of the physician's time must be expected. It is thus evident that compliance with the legal requirements on quality assurance must be taken into account when planning staffing needs.