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lance of a few indicators through manual sampling in a limited number of patients (neuromuscular monitoring) and several more by SQL extraction in a sustained and short timeconsuming way through the years for all patients. Manual extraction was time-consuming and necessitated excessive workload and might not be viable in the long run, SQL extraction was very difficult to acquire in the initial phase since each query necessitated a manual validation/verification of the results in a very small number of patients for a short period of time. This procedure was necessary in order to avoid duplicate data; however, once the query was checked and validated, SQL extraction was highly reproducible through the years necessitating minimum time and human resources. Nevertheless, it required competent personnel to handle database results. Based on our experience, we suggest several possible areas of improvement using AIMS for quality assurance data: