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== How reports are affected == | == How reports are affected == | ||
=== LOS === | === LOS === | ||
''This should live in [[LOS]] when it's all settled since it's not unique to organ donors. leaving it here for now just to keep questions together '' | |||
*Redefine Length-of-Stay. From now on, for patients who experience [[Brain death]], [[LOS]] will include time from admission to [[Brain death]]. Time in ICU spent after [[Brain death]] being evaluated/optimized for being an organ donor will not be included in [[LOS]]. But, of course, that time will be included in calculations of bed occupancy. | *Redefine Length-of-Stay. From now on, for patients who experience [[Brain death]], [[LOS]] will include time from admission to [[Brain death]]. Time in ICU spent after [[Brain death]] being evaluated/optimized for being an organ donor will not be included in [[LOS]]. But, of course, that time will be included in calculations of bed occupancy. | ||
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