TISS76-General Care
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TISS therapeutic variables T81 to t89
T81 & T82 are are mutually exclusive. Select only ONE item per day that will give you the most points.
T87 & T88 are mutually exclusive. Select only ONE item per day that will give you the most points.
- T81 Dressing 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.
- T82 Dressing Multiple
- Any dressings that are above & beyond what is 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.
- T83 Extensive wound care - Burns 30% 3rd degree or bleeding required packing more than once per shift.
- T84 Decubitus care (not preventative)
- T85 Ostomy drainage
- T86 Drainage tube(s) Hemovac/ any type of tube.
- EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING which are found elsewhere on the TISS form:
- foley is T50. Go to:TISS76-Genitourinary
- Chest tube is T40. Go to TISS76-Respiratory
- Ostomy is T85 (see above)
- EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING which are found elsewhere on the TISS form:
- T87 Orthopedic Traction-standard -Single weight
- T88 Orthopedic Traction-complex - 2 or more weights, C-Spine, Halo
- T89 Isolation of patient