Discharge date and time
The discharge date and time is the time written in the unit logbook stating when the patient left the unit. If this is not available, use the nursing note.
If the patient is discharged at 24:00/midnight, use 23:59 hours as the discharge time.
Expired
Use time of death as discharge date and time. However, for Organ Donors patients see that article.
Date and time formats
Data use
Among other things, the times are used to generate statistics about