The TISS form audit tracks the quality with which the ward staff fill out TISS forms. It is being done to help us provide detailed feedback to unit management so they can take steps to improve filling out of TISS forms.
Data Collection Instructions
For any TISS form you process during the project period (ie not based on admit time or discharge time), enter at least one of the following items. This means we will expect at least one entry per form for forms handed in during the project period.
For the Notes entries, we are not expecting a full story, don't spend much time on this.
- Project: TISS form audit
- Item: as appropriate, a line for each:
- no errors on this form
- Date: first date on each form done correctly.
- whole form missing
- Date: first date on missing form (or in form period, since form missing)
- Notes: if you learn why the problem happened, note here
- not done for day
- don't fill this in for each day if the whole form is missing
- Date: date not done
- Notes: if you learn why the problem happened, note here
- no error or one item wrong on the day
- don't fill this in for each day if the whole form is done correctly
- Date: date done correctly or with one item wrong.
- more than one item wrong on day; wrong item means any of:
- was marked but should not be marked
- was not marked but should be marked
- discrepancies with dates between the First Date on this Form field and the top of the first day. Collectors may include "first date wrong" in the notes field for those errors.
- poor quality/incorrect of filling of bubbles.
- Date: the date of the problem
- Notes: if you learn why the problem happened, note here
Analysis
- Count the days with
- No error or one item wrong
- Not done or missing
- With two or more items wrong
- Define the Denominator = Total days of the three items above
- Note: The monthly Total Patient Days for all units range from around 1900 to 2300. If we do this audit in 2 months, June and July, the total patient days will range from around 3800 to 4600.
- Calculate the percent days
- Percent No error or one item wrong = Days with No error or one item wrong / Denominator * 100
- Percent Not done/missing = Days Not done or missing / Denominator * 100
- Percent With two or more items wrong = Days with With two or more items wrong / Denominator * 100
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