STB Medicine Collection Guide

This article contains information specific to STB Medicine, see the Medicine Curriculum for general information, and STB Collection Guide for St Boniface specific information.

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See also:

• STB 5B Collection Guide
• STB E6 Collection Guide

Location of information

We use EPR for all Admit/Transfer/Discharge times. ENagy

work load splitting

Serial_number#STB_5B:_Serial_number_share_plan

vacation coverage

For those collectors who are doing vacation relief for the regular collectors who are away, catch up from time off can be expedited for the returning collector if the following things are prioritized.

1. do opp and color generation. ADL's are a component of the opp and can be found on the STB Electronic Patient Record. They are in "initial assessment" form under the documents tab. Everything needed for minimal data will be included if the opp is done.
2. medicine apache score. The SBGH ER unit has recently gone online with their vital signs and neuro assessment. This means that the vital signs and gcs required for the apache score can now be found under the flow sheets tab. To access neuro check, click on flow sheets, then care and assessment, then neuro. The only exception to this is for patients admitted to the unit from MICU. MICU does not use epr (electronic patient record), and hence apache for these patients still need to be obtained from the paper chart.

The only things that need to be taken from the paper chart are the dpst info. If the opp is kept current and up to date then charts would not have to be pulled from medical records by the person returning from vacation. This would help tremendously in catching up from time off for the returning collector.DPageNewton 14:40, 2013 February 20 (EST)

Any staff doing vacation/sick relief for STB medicine will also have to do relief on Elaine's 5b ward, and Debbie's three patient pick ups from 5b (see "work load splitting" link above) while Elaine and Debbie are away. A list of the current patients that "belong to Debbie", is kept in the STB medicine data collectors office (N4065 nursing education building @ SBGH).

Overstay Project

SBGH has now gone to paperless charting or STB Electronic Patient Record. This means that we can now review almost the entire chart on the computer. The exceptions to this are:

1. the DPST Form. The information found on this form is one part of the information we need for the overstay predictor project (opp).
2. the medicine apache score. The patients admitted to the wards from MICU, are the only patients that you would need to look on the paper chart. Patients admitted/transferred from either ER or other wards have the apache elements online in the epr. Look in the MICU flow sheet for the apache elements for those patients coming from MICU.

Lab results

Lab results are now entirely online in the epr.

Office and staff

see Category:St Boniface Hospital Office (Medicine)