TISS76-General Care
TISS therapeutic variables T81 to t89
- t81Dressing Routine
- Simple dressings-routine practice per 24 hr. period. Arterial line, Swan ganz,trach care, NG dressing change. Each site or a specific site has 1 or 2 dressing changes per 24 hr period at the most.
- T82Dressing Multiple
- Any dressings that are above & beyond what I considered routine in your ICU. E.g. numerous bedsores, excessive bleeding from any site for post-ops or medical patients, traumas or post-ops with an open abdomen. DEATH-morgue prep (if done by bedside nurse. Each dressing site, or a particular site requiring 3 or more dressings per 24 hr. period.
- T83Extensive wound care - Burns 30% 3rd degree or bleeding required packing more than once per shift.
- T86 Drainage tube(s) Hemovac/ any type of tube.
- EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING which are found elsewhere on the TISS form:
- foley is #50
- Chest tube is #40
- Ostomy is # 85
- EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING which are found elsewhere on the TISS form:
- T87Orthopedic Traction-standard -Single weight
- T88Orthopedic Traction-complex - 2 or more weights, C-Spine, Halo
- Do other centers find that routine dressing changes are being marked for everyday that a pt is in ICU? It is hard to quality check because every little dressing change is not always charted. I have been leaving it if it marked. Any comments?--MWaschuk 09:48, 3 December 2008 (CST)
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