QA Infection
Purpose
Kendiss Olafson & the QA team are monitoring Central Line Infections and VAPs in the ICUs.
Specs
- Start Date: Saturday August 22, 2009
- End Date / Duration: 1 year, then evaluate.TOstryzniuk 12:00, 20 August 2009 (CDT)
- Units Collecting: all ICU's except STB_CCU & STB_CICU
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 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:
Dx but no tmp
If Complication Diagnosis is one of:
- Central line infection (code 86)
- VAP (code 39)
then
- L_TmpV2 entry with project "ICU Infection Audit" with date needed
Tmp but no dx
If "QAInf" entry is present in L_Tmp then
- program must be "CC"
- the corresponding diagnosis must exist
Dx with wrong tmp
For every QAInf entry in L_Tmp there must exist a diagnosis corresponding to the item
Send mode
Data for a patient will be sent each week patient files are sent in.TOstryzniuk 18:02, 24 August 2009 (CDT)
Possible expansion to Medicine Wards
We might start to collect Central Line Infections in Medicine as well pending input from Dr. Roberts.