That has been my concern all along that the screening criteria were too sensitive and I think we should be using more elements of SIRS, especially in patients in the emergency room or those admitted to the ICU prior to obtaining lactate levels etc.
William E. Haik, M.D., F.C.C.P., C.D.I.P. AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer Office: (850) 863-2110 Cell: (850) 803-5854 Fax: (850) 864-4438 > On Oct 7, 2014, at 9:35 AM, "Muhr, Lori" <[email protected]> wrote: > > We implemented this in EPIC and had to pull it back because the BPA was > firing on such a large group of patients that the nurses were becoming > inundated with BPA’s and it was affecting their work flow. We are looking at > re-implementation in select units (med-surg) to see if we can have a better > response to the alert. Since most of the patients in ICU and Telemetry met > the criteria it was launching every time the nurses logged in on those > patients. > > Lori J. Muhr MSN, MHSM/MHA, ACNS-BC, APRN, CCRN, CEN > Manager of Clinical Performance Improvement, Patient Safety, and Sepsis > Program > 817-702-1717 > [email protected] > > > > > > > This electronic transmission and any attached files are intended solely for > the person or entity to which they are addressed and may contain information > that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure under > applicable law. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use, > including taking any action concerning this information by anyone other than > the named recipient, is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient or have received this communication in error, please immediately > notify the sender by return email and delete the original message from your > system. > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
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