QA Infection
Purpose
Kendiss Olafson & the QA team are monitoring Central Line Infections and VAPs in the ICUs and also central line rates on medicine wards.
Data Collection Method
If a patient has a Complication of VAP, the following entry must be made in the L_TmpV2 file:
- Project: ICUInfxs
- Item: VAP Infection
- Infx Dt: Date of infection (no time)
If a patient has a Complication of Central Line Infection, the following entry must be made in the L_TmpV2 file:
- Project: ICUInfxs
- Item: Central Line Infection
- Infx Dt: Date of infection (no time)
- want to track central line infection for medicine also.TOstryzniuk 16:28, 19 August 2009 (CDT)
Consistency Checks
Tmp Checker will check for the following:
If Dx is
- Central line infection (code 86)
- VAP (code 39)
then L_TmpV2 entry with project "ICU Infection Audit" with date needed
Discussion
- Will this data be sent only when the Pt is finalchecked/sent, or at every send? Ttenbergen 16:25, 19 August 2009 (CDT)
- Which ICUs will be involved in this? Ttenbergen 16:28, 19 August 2009 (CDT)