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Background: Acute surgical assessment unit (ASAU) opened in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) in 2010. ASAUs in UHL have capacity of 24 patients with 15 bays for patients, 1 examination room and 9 patients can sit in waiting area. ASAU was converted to surgical emergency department (ED) over the period of covid. Most of the specialties are reverted back to ED. At present ASAU in UHL entertained patients from ED, general practitioner (GP) and planned return patients. The aim of this audit is to compare ASAU services as per national key performance indicator (KPI).
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