CON ICU Collection Guide

See also:

• ICU Curriculum
• Concordia Hospital Office Information
• Concordia Electronic Patient Record

The ICU is located on the main floor of the hospital. Concordia has a 7 bed Surgical/Medical/Cardiac

Keys are obtained from Security.

Concordia Contacts

see Concordia Hospital Contacts

Concordia Collection Guide

The log book is kept on the desk in ICU near the clerk. The clerk is responsible for filling it out. It contains enough to fill in the minimal required data set.

The "TISS" binder is kept on the rounds cart. It has all the current green sheets for the Dr's to fill out. As well, the clerks will put all the TISS sheets for discharged patients in this binder for the collector to retrieve. Extra TISS and green sheets are kept in the filing cabinet shared by PACU and MICU.

Medical records is located on the ground floor. Rhonda at the main desk will retrieve charts at the time that they are requested by providing the name of the patient, their MRN and their date of discharge from the hospital/ICU. Charts must be signed out in the Medical Records log book located on the main counter. In the Log book one enters the date, MRN of chart reviewed, name of data collector, Dept. or reason for review and then dates and initials when the chart is returned. Charts can not be taken out of the department. There are three cubicles in Medical Records which data collectors may use to review charts. Two of the cubicles have computers for accessing labs and diagnostic imaging on EPR gateway. Unassembled charts are returned to Sandra Lopez's desk which is adjacent to the three cubcles. Assembled charts are returned to the cart at the entrance of Medical Records. Death charts are returned to Kim at the death desk behind Rhonda's desk.

Chart thinnings

ICU has binders of thinnings for long stay patients. They are kept on the rounds cart in ICU. Old charts are kept on the rounds cart. The surgical floor generally leave ICU charting/forms in the charts. The medical floors will often thin out the ICU flow sheets. They are kept in drawers on the medical floors...just ask the clerk for them.

Special Instructions for Concordia Ortho patients

Please see When_to_code_a_patient_as_post-op#Special Instructions for Concordia Ortho patients

Special Instruction on VAP reporting-site specific

When you code a patient with a VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia/QA_Infection#A._VAP in the Concordia ICU, the site leadership team is requires you to call by phone:

• Sarah Gilchrist, CON ICU manager, Phone: 661-7287

Leave the following info on voice message:

• Patient name
• VAP date

Green sheets and Tiss sheets

Extra green sheets and TISS sheets are kept in the shared file cabinet between ICU and PACU

Transfers to and from the Conc wards

We don't data collect on the wards at the Conc. You don't need to specify which ward the patient came from or went to. Just put CW.

WiFi connection

see also Wireless networking Laptop connects to wireless network on N3W, N3E, N2W, N2E,N1S in the data collection office, library,and in MICU.

• Laptop does not connect to wireless network in Medical Records or on N1N,. In these 2 areas a message pops up: "wireless network detected but not connected."

• Have you asked eHealth about the "detected not connected" errors? Ttenbergen 09:50, 2014 August 7
  • any news on that? Ttenbergen 13:31, 2014 August 14 (CDT)
    • ?Ttenbergen 14:47, 2014 September 19 (CDT)Ttenbergen 09:56, 2014 September 25 (CDT)
      • is this still an issue? Ttenbergen 15:45, 2014 October 2 (CDT)
        • Is this still an issue? Ttenbergen 21:26, 2015 December 7 (CST)
          • this still appears to be an issue, but has not been followed up with Ehealth. Gail, next time you are at CON, could you call eHealth and find out what "wireless network detected but not connected" means. --Trish Ostryzniuk 15:55, 2016 January 27 (CST)