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Department Activity Pre-downtime During downtime After downtime
Teletracking will continue to be used to notify
units of patient admissions.
Admits
Call Bed Reservations - #18071. Bed Reservations will enter transfers
Beds Transfers that occurred during downtime.
Call Bed Reservations - #18071. Bed Reservations will enter discharges
that occurred during downtime.
Discharges
800-1730: Complete Universal Requisition & call **Orders received & completed during
the department. downtime will be entered by Cardiology
dept. personnel.
Cardiology Ordering 1730-0800: Routine: Complete Univeral Req. &
**Nursing units will enter orders for
call the dept.
tests not completed during downtime.
AFTER 0800 STAT: Complete Universal Req. &
call Cardiology Tech on-call
**Call the Case Management dept.or on-call **Nursing units will enter all Case
person. **Keep a Management/Social Work orders
Case Management/ record of Case Management/Social Work orders, received during downtime.
Ordering
Social Services so they can be entered after the downtime
**Prior to breakfast (0700), the Resource Center **Nursing units will enter all dietary
will call the nursing station to review diet list and orders received during downtime.
update with new orders, adimissions, discharges,
and transfers.
Nutrition Assistants will accept diet orders on the
Ordering
units if the diet order is written on the diet list and
signed by an RN.
Dietary Status changes related to the diet orders are called
by nursing to the Resource Center at 15000.
**Nursing units are to keep a record of any other **Nursing units will enter orders for
future IR procedures, so that they can be entered IR procedures to be completed after
in Meditech after the downtime. downtime.
**Do not enter any order for Stat – call 17396, Complete the Universal
a LAB that is to be drawn Requisition form ** Include RM, Bed #, and
after the downtime (future floor name (ex. B01-3N) on Universal Req!!!
orders).
Ordering
**You can order a LAB test
that is ordered prior to the Routine – Complete Universal Req. form, send to
downtime for the time of the LAB via tube system** Include RM, Bed #, and
downtime. floor name (ex. B01-3N) on Universal Req!!!
***Include 4 extra labels with unit/nurse collected
Misc. Information specimens*** Labels must have the patient's
correct LOCATION on them
**Do not enter any order for **Send Universal Requisition to LAB for labs to **Orders received during downtime will
a LAB that is to be drawn be drawn during downtime. be entered by LAB personnel.
after the downtime (future **Keep a record of any other orders, so that they **Nursing units will enter orders for
LAB Ordering future LAB orders). can be entered in the computer after the tests to be drawn after downtime.
test **You can order a LAB test downtime.
that is ordered prior to the
downtime for the time of the
downtime.
Yellow copy of Universal Req. is signed by
Verification of draw phlebotomy staff & left with the US or Charge
RN
Critical results will be called & printed on a
designated printer in the nurses station.
Obtaining results
4.10 ALL OTHER RESULTS will print out on a
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Department Activity Pre-downtime During downtime After downtime
designated printer in the nurses station.
Via PhysConnect - the Charge Nurse/Clinical
Obtaining past results
Coordinator will have log-on information
**Glucometer must still be placed in the SureStep
port q24hrs. **The download occurs (even if the
monitor indicates otherwise).
Glucometers **Patient testing can continue.
Pathology Ordering
Nursing should print extra Use the "Downtime Patient Label" program,
sheets of pt. labels before a available on PCs.
scheduled Meditech
downtime
Patient Identification
Labels Instructions on how to use program available
under the IS &IT Reference Resources under the
SJO Clinical Applications Icon
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Department Activity Pre-downtime During downtime After downtime
**Complete Universal Requisition & call the **Nursing units will enter all
dept. PT/OT/ST orders received during
Ordering **Keep a record of PT/OT/ST orders, so they can downtime.
PT/OT/ST be entered after the downtime.
PT/OT/ST documentation in MediServe is printed
Documentation an distributed after 4:30pm by Medical Records
staff.
Stat orders – Complete Universal Requisition &
CALL the appropriate department. Requisitions
will be picked up with the patient or when the
procedure is done (portable).
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Department Activity Pre-downtime During downtime After downtime
Via PACS (physicians have access) or
Obtaining past results PhysConnect - the Charge Nurse/Clinical
Coordinator will have log-on information
**Call the RT dept. or Lead Therapist **Nursing units will enter all RT
**Keep a record of RT orders, so they can be orders received during downtime.
Respiratory Therapy Ordering
entered after the downtime
800-1730: Complete Universal Requisition & call **Orders received & completed during
the department. downtime will be entered by Vascular
Imaging dept. personnel.
1730-0800: Routine: Complete Univeral Req. & **Nursing units will enter orders for
Vascular Imaging Ordering call the dept. AFTER 0800; tests not completed during downtime.
STAT: Complete Universal Req. & call Vascular
Imaging on-call
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