Guideline for coding organ donation after death: Difference between revisions
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=== 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 '' | ''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 [[LOS]]. 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]]. | * Redefine [[LOS]]. 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]]. | ||
* [[Bed occupancy]]- But, of course, that time will be included in calculations of bed occupancy. | * [[Bed occupancy]]- But, of course, that time will be included in calculations of bed occupancy. | ||
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* People have expressed concern about the that there might be significant interventions listed on TISS in the time between Brain death and pt leaving the unit; will we continue to do TISS for this, and how will TISS scores for this time affect any reporting? If we exclude the time from LOS it will mess with the N for this. }} | * People have expressed concern about the that there might be significant interventions listed on TISS in the time between Brain death and pt leaving the unit; will we continue to do TISS for this, and how will TISS scores for this time affect any reporting? If we exclude the time from LOS it will mess with the N for this. }} | ||
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* once decided we may need to adjust cross checks, namely | * once decided we may need to adjust cross checks, namely | ||