ALERT Scale timing of assessment: Difference between revisions

Collection Instructions: Thanks for clarifying Pam, that makes it a reason to do it this way only at STB.
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== Collection Instructions ==
== Collection Instructions ==
* When a patient is admitted from the '''emergency department''', use the values that are closest but ''' prior to''' the time medicine service accepts the patient to their service (ie [[Accept DtTm]]).
* When a patient is admitted from the '''emergency department''', use the values that are closest but ''' prior to''' the time medicine service accepts the patient to their service (ie [[Admit DtTm]]).
* The values do not need to be a complete "set" of VS, they can be individual values, but should be closest to but prior to the time medicine accepts the patient to their service. 
* When patients '''move between wards''' or ''' from an icu to a ward''' use the values that are closest but '''prior''' to discharge/transfer from the sending service.
* When patients '''move between wards''' or ''' from an icu to a ward''' use the values that are closest but '''prior''' to discharge/transfer from the sending service.


*For STB Medicine (since there this is available on EPR): Patients transferred from ICU to ward use the values on arrival to medicine unit.
*'''For STB Medicine''' (since this is available on EPR): Patients transferred from ICU to ward use the values on arrival to medicine unit.


* For direct transfers to Medicine via the ER use the '''first value''' taken and recorded on the '''triage record'''.
* For direct transfers to Medicine via the ER use the '''first value''' taken and recorded on the '''triage record'''.
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