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== Legacy == | |||
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[[Category: Data Collection Guide]] | [[Category: Data Collection Guide]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:27, 2014 October 23
Date and Time the patient is discharged.
Collection instructions
The discharge date and time is the time written in the unit logbook stating when the patient left the unit. If this is not available, use the nursing note.
We track Discharge date and time for patients as part of our Minimal Data Set, i.e. this his high-priority data that needs to be collected ASAP.
discharge at midnight
If the patient is discharged at 24:00/midnight, use 23:59 hours as the discharge time.
Expired
Use time of death as discharge date and time. However, for Organ Donors patients see that article.
Date and time formats
Data use
Among other things, the times are used to generate statistics about
See Also
Legacy
This article was spun out from Interrelation between Admit, Discharge and Transfer Ready date and time, see that article for any history missing from here.