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== Collection Instructions == | == Collection Instructions == | ||
* When a patient is admitted from the '''emergency department''', use the values that are closest but ''' prior to''' the time medicine service accepts the patient to their service. | * When a patient is admitted from the '''emergency department''', use the values that are closest but ''' prior to''' the time medicine service accepts the patient to their service. | ||
* When patients '''move between wards'''or ''' from an icu to a ward'''use the values that are closest but '''prior''' to discharge/transfer from the sending service. | * When patients '''move between wards''' or ''' from an icu to a ward''' use the values that are closest but '''prior''' to discharge/transfer from the sending service. | ||
* For direct transfers to Medicine via the ER use the '''first value''' taken and recorded on the '''triage record'''. | * For direct transfers to Medicine via the ER use the '''first value''' taken and recorded on the '''triage record'''. | ||
* Direct transfers that bypass the ER take the value on arrival to your unit. | * Direct transfers that bypass the ER take the value on arrival to your unit. | ||