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==Sampling Plan / Procedure==

{{Discuss | who=Julie | question= Right now this is slightly inconsistent with [[Definition of a Critical Care Laptop Admission]] which doesn't explicitly exclude the ER pts. I have flagged that page for task review. Once that is done, can we just use that definition here as well to ensure consistency? }}

All ICU admissions - see [[Definition of a Critical Care Laptop Admission]] .

All ICU admissions~~. Admissions from Emergency Department are considered an ICU admission when patient physically arrives in the ICU. See~~ [[Definition of a Critical Care Laptop Admission]] ~~for further information about which patients are included~~.

If transfers occur within ICU’s within the same facility eg. MICU, SICU and IICU, this will be reported as 3 individual length of stays and not one cumulative LOS.

===Inclusion Criteria===

Include all admissions to ICU. ~~Include all~~ patients physically present in a bed ~~under the direct control of~~ the ~~reporting ICU~~ or ~~patients admitted to the care of the ICU but not physically present~~ in ~~an ICU~~ bed. See [[Definition of a Critical Care Laptop Admission]] for further information about which patients are included.

Include all admissions to ICU being taken care by the same service wherever the patients are physically present (in a bed in the unit or in a borrowed bed in another location). See [[Definition of a Critical Care Laptop Admission]] for further information about which patients are included.

===Exclusion Criteria===

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 ==Sampling Plan / Procedure==
-{{Discuss | who=Julie | question= Right now this is slightly inconsistent with [[Definition of a Critical Care Laptop Admission]] which doesn't explicitly exclude the ER pts. I have flagged that page for task review. Once that is done, can we just use that definition here as well to ensure consistency? }}
+All ICU admissions  - see  [[Definition of a Critical Care Laptop Admission]] .
-All ICU admissions. Admissions from Emergency Department are considered an ICU admission when patient physically arrives in the ICU. See [[Definition of a Critical Care Laptop Admission]] for further information about which patients are included.
 If transfers occur within ICU’s within the same facility  eg. MICU, SICU and IICU, this will be reported as 3 individual length of stays and not one cumulative LOS.
 ===Inclusion Criteria===
-Include all admissions to ICU.  Include all patients physically present in a bed under the direct control of the reporting ICU or patients admitted to the care of the ICU but not physically present in an ICU bed. See [[Definition of a Critical Care Laptop Admission]] for further information about which patients are included.
+Include all admissions to ICU being taken care by the same service  wherever the patients are physically present (in a bed in the unit or in a borrowed bed  in another location).  See [[Definition of a Critical Care Laptop Admission]] for further information about which patients are included.
 ===Exclusion Criteria===