Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Preoperative Fasting Times Before Elective Procedures

Recruiting now

Conditions studied: Preoperative Fasting, Perioperative Patient Comfort / Quality of Care, Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV), Postoperative Pulmonary Complications, Delirium

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07488468

Run by

University of Giessen

People needed

1000

Starts

2026-01-30

Expected to finish

2026-07-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-23

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

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

You may not qualify if…

• Already sedated, intubated, and mechanically ventilated patients

Where it is running

• Justus Liebig University Giessen, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg — Giessen, Germany (enrolling)

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