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 an ICU patient has a Complication of VAP, the following entry must be made in the L_TmpV2 file:

• Project: QAInf
• Item: VAP Infection
• Infx Dt: Date of infection (no time)

If an ICU or Medicine patient has a Complication of Central Line Infection, the following entry must be made in the L_TmpV2 file:

• Project: QAInf
• Item: Central Line Infection
• Infx Dt: Date of infection (no time)

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)

• would like to include medicine for central line infection dates. Will follow up with Dr. Roberts if he would like to do this. Email sent today.TOstryzniuk 17:04, 19 August 2009 (CDT)