hello,
in cases of emergency when source of sepsis is known and the
procedure of sampling may take extra time which delays OR schedule, it can be
bypassed.
regards
dr.s.shrinath
On Monday, 12 May 2014 5:57 PM, "Reidford, Tammy" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I am asking input from others on behalf of one of our hospital sepsis champion
>on meeting the culture deadline for data extraction. A patient was sent to
>the ER from a physician’s office with a prior outpatient CT showing colitis
>and was diagnosed with sepsis. Since the physicians already knew the source,
>the patient was sent emergently to OR for source control/colon resection
>without blood cultures. Does this affect how question 5 on whether a blood
>culture was sent?
>Thanks in advance for your input.
>
>Tammy Reidford, RN, CCDS
>Clinical Documentation Specialist
>Phone 812-485-6543
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