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How do you track post-op infections? I recently have heard in discussion that patients that have received implants should be tracked for one year. Does anyone know who has mandated this? How do you track your patiens post-operatively? Started by: Traci Putnam (Director, Surgical Services/Director of Nursing) at January 26, 2010 (1:40 pm) |
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What are you doing for those physicians which decide to be non-compliant with filing their reports?
Stuart Katz (Administrator / Director / Manager / Owner / Executive Officer) at
March 9, 2010 (11:27 am) |
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Patient care should be the utmost concern in any facility.
Kenneth L. (Other) at
March 5, 2010 (1:29 pm) [last edited on March 5, 2010 (1:35 pm)] |
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I too have the question about where it is mandated to follow patients with implants for 1 year....Is this a rumor or is it stated somewhere in a regulation. thanks!
Michelle P. (Director, Surgical Services/Director of Nursing) at
March 3, 2010 (12:31 pm) |
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we print out a monthly report for each surgeon and keep in a binder as well- we also developed a tracking form for implants in the back of the implant log book that our infection control nurse asks each surgeon each month while they are in the or and tracks it that way.K Merrill (Nurse Administrator)
K. Merrill (Director, Surgical Services / Director of Nursing) at
March 2, 2010 (8:46 am) [last edited on March 2, 2010 (8:47 am)] |
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I USE THE MONTHLY REPORT OF THE SURGICAL PATIENTS FOR THE MONTH TO BE GIVEN TO EACH SURGEON. THIS SHEET IS GIVEN A MONTH POST IN ORDER TO CAPTURE AS MANY POST-OP VISITS AS POSSIBLE. THEN THE RESULTS OF INFECTION IS GIVEN TO THE INFECTION SUPPERVISOR TO FURTHER EVALUATE. IS THIS WHAT EVERYONE ELSE DOES A S A
FOLLOW- UP?
wENDY bOOZE (OR Manager/Supervisor) at
March 1, 2010 (11:26 am) |
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We use a similar system of asking the surgeons for their reports but they are not always 100% compliant. We've tried faxing them, e-mailing and putting the forms in their boxes to complete while signing their charts. There is not a 100% full-proof answer.
Stuart Katz (Administrator / Director / Manager / Owner / Executive Officer) at
February 2, 2010 (11:57 am) |
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I use the report piece of our software to track this. On the first of each month, I print out a copy of all the patients (and procedures) each surgeon has done and send it to them to fill in if thwere were any surgical site infections and/or complications. i keep them all in a binder.
Kathleen LaCouture (Director Surgical Services / Director of Nursing) at
February 2, 2010 (11:02 am) |
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