Lab Collection Process

Note: See Labs for more general info on the labs data.

The Critical Care database counts the laboratory tests listed at S_AllLabs for every patient for their entire LOS in a unit. Different collection of labs is collected at HSC than elsewhere. Some lab data at HSC is imported directly.

Lab Collection Process

• For every ICU patient,
  • for every laboratory test on S_AllLabs
    • locate the specific lab,
    • enter the number of times the test was performed
  • if a patient has no labs by the end of their stay:

enter a date and leave zeros under all the labs.

• • • if a culture is taken but the sample was inadequate to produce a result, the culture is still counted under lab counts.

The following labs and tests are collected:

• albumin 25%
• albumin 5%
• Packed cells
• Platelets
• FFP
• Pentaspan
• Voluven
• Angio coronary
• Angio other
• CXR
• CT scan
• MRI
• U/S echo
• U/S abd
• ABG
• CBC
• PT/PTT
• Creatinine
• Magnesium
• SGPT (ALT)
• Troponin
• Blood cultures
• Sputum cultures
• Urine cultures