TISS quality checks

IMPORTANT QUALITY CHECK FOR iTISS are as following. Data collectors are responsible for these.

Dates

• numbers in the date boxes must be consecutive

TISS76-2 hour rule stuff

• IF ADMITTED between 2200 & 2400hr is Y then the first DATE should be Admit Date + 1 .
  • Example. Admit date=May1 then first DATE = 2

• IF DISCHARGED between 0001 & 0200hr is Y then the last DATE should be Discharged Date - 1.
  • Example. Disch Date=May8 then last DATE = 7

• IF both 'ADMITTED between' and 'DISCHARGED between' are and
  1. LOS < 1day, then fill up only one DATE
     • Example. Admit=May1 Disch=May2 then first DATE=either 1 or 2 whichever has the longer time (#col= 1 )
  2. LOS >1day then fill up the first DATE as Admit date+1 and the last DATE as Discharged Date - 1
     • Example1. Admit=May1 Disch=May3 then first DATE=2 (# col=1)
     • Example2. Admit=May1 Disch=May4 then first DATE=2, last DATE=3 (# cols=2)

• If both not 'ADMITTED between' and 'DISCHARGED between', then the first DATE should be the Admit Date and the last DATE should be the Discharge Date
  • Example1. Admit=May1 Disch=May2 then first DATE=1, last DATE=2 (# cols=2)
  • Example2. Admit=May1 Disch=May3 then first DATE=1, last DATE=3 (# cols=3)

Always at least one circle marked

There should be at least one circle filled-up on each DATE unless the NO TREATMENT box is marked.

No Treatment/Day pass

Should only be shaded if there is no treatment/procedure made on that date.

Black Blobbing (or whatever you guys called it

The circle(s) should be fully shaded using a black pen or marker (ie. not half or partially shaded circle) .

Correcting mistakes

If made a mistake, cross out (X) the erroneous circle(s), shade the correct circle(s) and put an X on the square box at the end of the row where the correction was done.

If all entries in a row are correct, do not put any mark on the square box.

Keep the form number clean

The bottom right corner must be kept clean and unmarked (ie. no lines or characters overwriting the number). The number is by Teleform (the scanning tool) to identify the form and if it is unreadable, the form will not import right.