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|description='''Transfer Delay''' is the difference between [[Dispo_DtTm]] and [[#Transfer Ready DtTm in use at different times]] in decimal days. | |description='''Transfer Delay''' is the difference between [[Dispo_DtTm]] and [[#Transfer Ready DtTm in use at different times]] in decimal days. | ||
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|Program=Critical Care | |Program=Critical Care | ||
|indicator_start_date=1999-01-15 | |indicator_start_date=1999-01-15 | ||
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|program=Critical Care and Medicine | |program=Critical Care and Medicine | ||
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There is a similar concept in medicine, [[Transfer Delay (Medicine)]]. | There is a similar concept in medicine, [[Transfer Delay (Medicine)]]. | ||
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* The purpose is to determine the amount of time the patient is occupying a bed in an ICU setting when the patient no longer needs that [[Level of care hierarchy| level of care]] (also referred to as wasted bed) from the [[#Transfer Ready DtTm in use at different times]] until the [[Dispo DtTm]]. | * The purpose is to determine the amount of time the patient is occupying a bed in an ICU setting when the patient no longer needs that [[Level of care hierarchy| level of care]] (also referred to as wasted bed) from the [[#Transfer Ready DtTm in use at different times]] until the [[Dispo DtTm]]. | ||
== Calculation of Transfer Delay == | == Calculation of Transfer Delay == | ||
*Transfer Delay is the difference between Dispo DtTm and first Transfer Ready DtTm. | *Transfer Delay is the difference between [[Dispo DtTm]] and first [[Transfer Ready DtTm]]. | ||
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*As agreed in JALT meeting March 22, 2023, transfer delays will be reported based on actual delay times with no more allowances of less than n hours. | *As agreed in JALT meeting March 22, 2023, transfer delays will be reported based on actual delay times with no more allowances of less than n hours. | ||
* | *previously, transfer delay calculation followed the national Vital Signs Monitoring program guideline which subtracted 2 hrs from all actual delay time. | ||
*In the meeting held Jan 11, 2023, it was decided as per approval from the Critical Care Director | *In the meeting held Jan 11, 2023, it was decided as per approval from the Critical Care Director to define transfer delays as follows: (a) ignore such transfer delays <2 hrs, but (b) for all delays >=2 hrs to use the actual delay time. | ||
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== Transfer Ready DtTm in use at different times == | == Transfer Ready DtTm in use at different times == | ||
=== [[Admit DtTm]] or [[Dispo DtTm]] < 2020-10-01 00:00 === | === [[Admit DtTm]] or [[Dispo DtTm]] < 2020-10-01 00:00 === | ||
* Use the DtTm in [[Transfer Ready DtTm field]] | * Use the DtTm in [[Transfer Ready DtTm field]] | ||
=== [[Admit DtTm]] or [[Dispo DtTm]] >= 2020-10-01 00:00 === | === [[Admit DtTm]] or [[Dispo DtTm]] >= 2020-10-01 00:00 === | ||
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== Data use == | == Data use == | ||
* [[Avoidable Days (Critical Care)]] | * [[Avoidable Days (Critical Care)]] | ||
* [[Beds occupied by transferrable patients (Critical Care)|Beds occupied by transferrable patients]] | * [[Beds occupied by transferrable patients (Critical Care)|Beds occupied by transferrable patients]] | ||