Useful guidance documents
In this section you will find links to published guidelines or protocols from our member countries.
These may be useful as templates for colleagues developing day surgery across the globe.
If you know of a suitable guideline or want to see a specific guideline linked from this page then please let us know.
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(Please note before any guidance can be included it must be freely accessible on the internet)
Complete day surgery process
Guidelines for Ambulatory Anesthesia and Surgery, (2008) AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.
Guidelines for Office-Based Anesthesia. 2009 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.
Ambulatory Surgery Policy Manual
Professor Beverly K. Philip
Brigham and Women's Hosital
Patient selection for Day Surgery
Pre-operative Assessment and Patient Preparation - The role of the Anaesthetist.
Perioperative Care
Postoperative care
Standards For Postanesthesia Care(2009). AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.
Guidelines on sedation
Please note there are a number of useful documents available on
The American Society of Anesthesiologists Standards, Guidelines, Statements and Other Documents webpage
The Portuguese Association of Ambulatory Surgery (APCA)
The British Association of Day Surgery