Definition of a Critical Care Program Admission: Difference between revisions
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== Entry of Admission Date to Critical Care Service and Reporting == | == Entry of Admission Date to Critical Care Service and Reporting == | ||
* Since the definition varies from site and unit, for the Statistician to get the correct admission date time to the ICU which is to be used to calculate [[Length of Stay (ICU Report)]], the admission date and time must be entered in the [[Service Tmp entry]] as its first service entry '''Start date and time'''. | * Since the definition varies from site and unit, for the Statistician to get the correct admission date time to the ICU which is to be used to calculate [[Length of Stay (ICU Report)]], the '''admission date and time must be entered''' in the [[Service Tmp entry]] as its first service entry '''Start date and time'''. | ||
* It would be hit and miss to get the correct date and time information to the first Boarding Loc because the first physical location may not be the unit but just a boarding location and by definition does not necessarily imply that the patient is already being taken over by the ICU service. Neither getting the correct admission date time to the succeeding boarding location which can also be a boarding location. | * It would be hit and miss to get the correct date and time information to the first Boarding Loc because the first physical location may not be the unit but just a boarding location and by definition does not necessarily imply that the patient is already being taken over by the ICU service. Neither getting the correct admission date time to the succeeding boarding location which can also be a boarding location. | ||
* The purpose of the Service tmp is to define the start dates the service takes over and the first start date time is the beginning date when the Critical Care service takes over regardless of the location it started (e.g. own ICU, other ICU unit, Off service unit, ER, RR, or other locations). | * The purpose of the Service tmp is to define the start dates the service takes over and the first start date time is the beginning date when the Critical Care service takes over regardless of the location it started (e.g. own ICU, other ICU unit, Off service unit, ER, RR, or other locations). | ||