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|  | A postal code is collected for all patients admitted toa hospital within the WRHA.  The postal code collected is from the address that a person '''permanently resides''' in any province in Canada.    
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|  | The entry [[L_TmpV2]]entry forPostal Code collection will be automatically created for any new patient created. Data is collected for socioeconomic stratification of population by geographic area.
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|  | == Collection Instruction ==
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|  | Enter the postal code in the automatically generated '''PostalCode''' record in the temp table.
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|  | * enter into the '''"Q"''' field ('''note, that's the last field on the form, not the first!''')
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|  | ** no space 
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|  | ** upper case letters 
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|  | ** example only: X0X0X0
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|  | * When the postal code is '''not''' available, '''tick off the "B"''' and leave the space for postal code blank
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|  | == Relationship between Province, PHIN and Postal Code ==
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|  | When collecting Postal Code, [[PHIN]] number and [[Province]] Code, think about the relationship of this information when you are collecting it.  
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|  | *if patient has a MB PHIN number, then province code should be MB and the postal code should be for MB (MB postal codes start with an "R").  
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|  | *if [[Province]] code is '''outside''' of MB, USA or out of country, then the postal code should not be a MB postal code and also, there should not be an PHIN number.
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|  | There have been some [[#CCMDB DataIntegrity Checks|automated integrity checks]]applied to ccmdb to help collectors further with this.  See bottom of this article.
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|  | == Special Cases ==
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|  | === Homeless with proxy address ===
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|  | If you have a homeless person admitted who lists their address as Siloam Mission or the Salvation Army/Booth's Place, use their postal code as provided.
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|  | === Institutionalized patients ===
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|  | For patients who live in care homes, use the institution's postal code.
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|  | === Inmates ===
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|  | For inmates such as from Stoney Mountain or Headingley use the institution's postal code.
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|  | === Postal Code not available ===
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|  | If a postal code is unavailable for a patient, tick off the "B" and leave the space for postal code blank.   e.g.:
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|  | * John/Jane Doe
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|  | * out-of-country patient
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|  | * chart doesn't have postal code
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|  | == {{CCMDB Data Integrity Checks}}==
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|  | Unlike other tmp entries, this entry is not checked as part of the pre-send checker.
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|  | * if the province is a Canadian province then the postal code needs to be filled out and needs to start with the letter appropriate for that province, e.g. ''R'' for Manitoba 
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|  | * international postal codes are not allowed.
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|  | * entry must be structured like a proper postal code: 
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|  | ** must be in upper case
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|  | ** no spaces allowed 
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|  | ** must be letter number letter number letter number 
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|  | ** example only: ''X1X1X1''
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|  | confirmed 2014-Jul-07 that this check will prevent final-check for tmp when no postal code is entered.
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|  | == other integrity checks ==
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|  | see [[Postal code cross check]]
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|  | ==[[CFE]]-[[Postal code cross check]]==
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|  | Main office weekly data check.  data vetting process.
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|  | == Dates ==
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|  | Start Date: new admissions on and after January 1, 2012
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|  | End Date: None / Permanent Collection
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|  | ==Wikipedia Postal codes listings across Canada==
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|  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postal_codes_in_Canada Wikipedia, Postal codes in Canada]
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|  | *at the top of the article shows the the first letter that a postal code starts with for a province. 
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|  | [http://www.canadapost.ca/cpc2/addrm/hh/maps/FSA/CA01.pdf Map showing first letter used in postal codes across Canada]
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|  | [[Category: L_TmpV2 Data]]
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|  | [[Category: Data Collection Guide]]
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|  | [[Category: All Projects ICU & Medicine]]
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This article contained the information how to code postal code until it was moved to a new field. See history of article for 2016-07-25 for how it used to be coded. See Postal Code field for how it's coded now.