Would this not be considered an administrative contraindication to care due to the patient and daughter agreeing to gentle hydration and not a 30ml/kg bolus?
Tara Platt, RN MSN Strategic Performance and Quality 863-687-1100 ext. 2560 tara.pl...@mylrh.org + myLRH.org + facebook.com/LakelandRegionalHealth Together, our Promise is YOUR HEALTH. -----Original Message----- From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:sepsisgroups-boun...@lists.sepsisgroups.org] On Behalf Of Carlson, Brenda L Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2018 10:39 AM To: 'sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org' <sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org> Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Sepsisgroups Digest, Vol 304, Issue 2 Perhaps CMS would have accepted this as an appropriate exclusion if the provider had included wording such as "CHF with pulmonary edema and concerns for fluid overload" or "ESRD on HD with anasarca and concerns for fluid overload". The provider didn't clearly state why there was a concern for fluid overload. Brenda L. 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Today's Topics: 1. 30mL/Kg Bolus Exemptions (Culver, Danette) 2. Re: Blood cultures false positive (Vickie Robertson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:35:59 -0400 From: "Culver, Danette" <danette.cul...@nortonhealthcare.org> To: "Sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org" <Sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org> Subject: [Sepsis Groups] 30mL/Kg Bolus Exemptions Message-ID: <6fe413f8a5447e4498be19afc648a354015120393...@nhc0902.nhc.network.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" All, We recently queried CMS for accepting the following documentation as refusal to 30ml/kg bolus and they stated it did not meet the criteria. Can anyone provide a rationale as to why this documentation doesn't suffice? My providers prefer taking a more positive approach that is more inclusive of the patient, not the negative tone of 'patient refuses.' Any advice is greatly appreciated as well. The following was documented by one of my MDs - "Patient meets criteria for 30ml/kg bolus, there is concern for fluid overload and cardiogenic shock. The plan was discussed with patient and patient's daughter who agreed to modified plan of care to include gentle hydration and vasopressors, not a 30ml/kg bolus." Thanks so much, Danette Danette Culver, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCRN-K, RN-BC Clinical Nurse Specialist, Sepsis Coordinator Norton Healthcare, Louisville KY O: 502.629.4058 C: 812.881.0080 A Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a Master's prepared Advance Practice Nurse whose function is to improve outcomes in patient care. The CNS is a clinical practice expert, an educator, a researcher, and a consultant who influences the three spheres of practice: patient care, nursing, and systems. - National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists ______________________________________________________________________ This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any patient health information must be delivered immediately to intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that the dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender at either the e-mail address or telephone number above and discard this e-mail. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.sepsisgroups.org_pipermail_sepsisgroups-2Dsepsisgroups.org_attachments_20180912_56372114_attachment-2D0001.html&d=DwICAg&c=4sF48jRmVAe_CH-k9mXYXEGfSnM3bY53YSKuLUQRxhA&r=FQX0EdGt2z5AU0WET6IGnDY7hW-OH5oVWIrKTppItnPTAfNZCRPOOCAWFJtHw_aG&m=7329wV9Z4IOW17kRPGK2wreBn9maXVs3QX8R3uLOo4U&s=bf4IqbQsW54P6ilF94AgOlA-twTRLi0ClhzJ7pMG-IA&e= > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 22:34:53 +0000 From: Vickie Robertson <vickie.robert...@unity-health.org> To: jenny clarke <j...@live.com> Cc: "sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org" <sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org> Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Blood cultures false positive Message-ID: <6923e551074843beae913bb73c05c...@mail.uh.unity-health.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" We had the same issue at a hospital I previously worked for, especially in the ED where we were responsible for drawing our own labs. We found the following contributed to the contaminated specimen: 1. Cultures were being drawn from the IV site which caused them to often be contaminated. (Site cleansed with Chloraprep thoroughly before anything else was set up allowing for the proper drying time between cleansing and sticking) 2. Nurses would draw both sets from the same site (in serviced on 2 sets = 2 sites unless extremely hard stick then only 1 set was obtained) 3. When doing blood cultures, the bottles were often uncapped and left sitting at the bedside while finishing setting up to drawn them. This left them exposed in the room (corrected by when uncapped an alcohol prep was placed over the cap until ready to place the blood) Every month on the BULLETIN BOARD in our breakroom, were the names of all nurses along with their contamination percentage, if we had X amount of contaminates we had to do an in service with 15 of our Co-workers reviewing the proper way to draw a blood culture. Have a Blessed Day. Philippians 4:13 (NKJV)1 "?I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Thank you. Vickie Robertson, RN, Case Manager Unity Health | Harris Medical Center 1205 McLain St. | Newport, AR 72112 ?P (870) 512-3224 | F (870) 523-0395 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.Unity-2DHealth.org&d=DwICAg&c=4sF48jRmVAe_CH-k9mXYXEGfSnM3bY53YSKuLUQRxhA&r=FQX0EdGt2z5AU0WET6IGnDY7hW-OH5oVWIrKTppItnPTAfNZCRPOOCAWFJtHw_aG&m=7329wV9Z4IOW17kRPGK2wreBn9maXVs3QX8R3uLOo4U&s=B5wLuN-geZL2hNfSg3E-pDx0Lr_yOHfMCcCtpIC1eSc&e= ? ? Disclaimer:? This electronic message may contain information that is Proprietary, Confidential, or Legally privileged or protected.? It is intended only for the individual(s) and entity named in the message.? If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete the material from your computer.? Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information it contains. ? -----Original Message----- From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:sepsisgroups-boun...@lists.sepsisgroups.org] On Behalf Of jenny clarke Sent: Friday, September 7, 2018 1:10 PM To: Angela Craig <acr...@crmchealth.org> Cc: sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Blood cultures false positive That is a great idea. Thanks Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 7, 2018, at 1:02 PM, Angela Craig <acr...@crmchealth.org> wrote: > > We are working on this exact issue at our hospital. We are about to go to a > process where we will post all names and contamination rates and celebrate > those who do well and those who have a 3% or greater contamination rate will > have to go to a blood culture refresher class. Hope that helps. > > > > Angela Craig APN,MS,CCNS > ICU Clinical Nurse Specialist > 1 Medical Center Boulevard, Cookeville, TN 38501 > Phone: 931-783-5035 Fax: 931-783-5039 acr...@crmchealth.org | > crmchealth.org |Facebook | Twitter Cookeville Regional Medical Center: > Building Healthier Communities > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sepsisgroups > [mailto:sepsisgroups-boun...@lists.sepsisgroups.org] On Behalf Of > Bankert, Eve > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 11:39 AM > To: jenny clarke; sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org > Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Blood cultures false positive > > *** WARNING: This is an EXTERNAL EMAIL that originated outside of > CRMC's Email System. Do not click any links or open any attachments > unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe. *** > > > I would recommend extensive education/training for all personnel collecting > blood cultures. As the microbiology supervisor in a community hospital in NY > that had a 10% contamination rate, we used a multidisciplinary approach and > brought the rate down to 2% in a year's time. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sepsisgroups > [mailto:sepsisgroups-boun...@lists.sepsisgroups.org] On Behalf Of > jenny clarke > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 12:42 PM > To: sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org > Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Blood cultures false positive > > Anyone have any help to curb this issue? I have even tried to make it > sterile process and still running into issues. 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