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When we are short of collection staff (e.g. vacations, H1N1, etc) consider the following guidelines to prioritize your work:
When we are short of collection staff (e.g. vacations, H1N1, etc) consider the following guidelines to prioritize your work:


* Ideally at the beginning of the day, but at least once per shift, check your email and the recent changes on the wiki. The world doesn't stop changing because staff is away, so make sure you know so you don't have to go back and fix your data.
* The very first data collection priority (regardless of personnel limitations) will be to collect a "Minimal Data Set" on all patients.  This minimal data set includes only the following 8 items:   
* The very first data collection priority (regardless of personnel limitations) will be to collect a "Minimal Data Set" on all patients.  This minimal data set includes only the following 8 items:   
** Hospital, unit, first name, last name, hospital chart number, PHIN, date of birth, and unit admit date.
** Hospital, unit, first name, last name, hospital chart number, PHIN, date of birth, and unit admit date.