ETT unscheduled extubations
Start Date
December, 2008
Stop Date
- undetermined however, target is for year end. See DeviceUse Study.
- DeviceUse Study is a process improvement for deriving better quality data for monitoring patient quality of care.
- Once DeviceUse Study is running smoothly Julie Mojica will advise when process described in this article will be stopped and this article will become legacy.--TOstryzniuk 18:11, 31 August 2011 (CDT)
| Hosp | ETT unscheduled extubation_start date | Unit |
| HSC | Dec 1.08 | MICU |
| HSC | Sept 28.09 | IICU |
| Dec 1.08 | SICU | |
| STB | Feb 1.09 | MICU/SICU |
| N/A | CCU | |
| N/A | CICU | |
| GRA | Dec 1.08 | MICU |
| VIC | Dec 1.08 | MICU |
| OAK | Dec 1.08 | MICU |
| CON | Dec 1.08 | MICU |
- information is collected by the CRN/charge nurse at each of the ICU's in the city. Data is suppose to be completed at the same time each day.
- counts includes the number of ET_Tubes per day, and the number of unsheduled/unplanned extubations per day.
- form is faxed to our office once per week. Original kept in CRN office at site. Data Processor has a contact person at each site she must call if forms are not received by Wednesday each week.
- Data Processor manually enters counts into an ACCESS database on our share point on "X":.
- NAME: CentralLineswithETtube.mdb
- LOCATION: X:\CCMDB_Special_Projects\Central_Line_Infections_ETube\DATA_ENTRY_LineCounts_ETube\CentralLineswithETtube.mdb
- data is used by statistician to submit to CCVSM (Critical Care Vital Signs Monitoring)-which is a cross Canada ICU collaborative.
Forms used in ICU
- Form is completed daily by CRN (charge nurse) or manager and FAXED to the Database Research office once per week (every Monday with previous weeks data).
- Data Processor makes a phone call to specific contact people in each ICU every week if the form is not submitted by Wednesday each week.
- Data Processor manually enters values from this form into an Access database on our office share drive X.
- The forms listed below are used by ICU charge nurses for the QA ETT unschedule extubations project and for Central Line Infection Rate counting. See QAInf ITEM B Central Line Infectionand also Central Line Infection.
Paper form faxing stop date
Unplanned extubation and central line counts will be gathered from TISS28 starting Jan 1.13. Will stop the faxed in paper forms effective April 1, 2013. With 3 months data of overlapped, I can do comparative analysis of the 2 data collection process. Julie Mojica.