HSC CAU

HSC CAU is the Clinical Assessment Unit at HSC (further info on CAUs).

HSC Specific CAU Information

At HSC the CAU is considered part of the Emergency Department. However, occasionally Medicine overflow patients end up in there. See HSC Boarding Locations#CAU for more info.

Collection instructions

If a patient is admitted from HSC CAU: (further changes in progress)

• Previous Location HSC CAU
• Previous Service Family Medicine
• Pre-admit Inpatient: HSC CAU

If a patient is boarding on HSC CAU,

• enter a Boarding Loc for the CAU stay as you would for other wards

HSC CAU Details

On EPR they are all listed under WRS2, look at service to decipher which are CAU patients and which are medicine contingency patients Lisa Kaita 22:01, 2020 April 8 (CDT)

• Number of beds: 10
  • 2 flex beds (over census)in spring 2018.
• Manager: Sheresse Weekes
• Director: Dr. Manon Pelletier: CAU B2
• Start date: 2017-Nov-17
• Physical Location: HSC WRS2

physical location history

Name change from CCDU to CAU: 2017-Oct-03 Location changes: B2 to WRS2: 2020-Apr-07 GH7 to B2: 2018-Apr GH7 original location (H7A on EPR): start 2017-Nov-17

Legacy

Used to be called HSC Community and Clinical Decision Unit (CCDU) / Clinical Assessment Unit (CDU)

Had people on H7 location since 2016-December.