Daily SAT and safety screen eligibility
Agitation
On eligible patient days (all days on mechanical ventilation except the first calendar date of intubation), an SAT safety screen is performed if the patient is receiving a continuous infusion of sedative or analgesics. The bedside clinician may direct that an SAT not be performed for a given patient day for clinical reasons (Fig. SAT performance will entail stopping all sedative and analgesic infusions, followed by a structured assessment of the patient’s ability to remain off these medications. Patients undergoing an SAT may have analgesia, and sedation restarted at 50% of the previous dose and titrated to a Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale of 0 to − 1 if they meet any of the failure criteria in Fig. 