Saline
If a DAE is post donation, AC & Saline should be documented how?
N/A
When signing an attachment for a DAE what must you put?
Name, Title and Date
When should we make follow up calls to the donor?
Follow up calls should be done within 1 business day and a second attempt must be several hours later. (at least 3 hours)
We should always double check out DAE information to make sure it is inputted into DMS correctly?
Yes. Always double check your documentation
#1 item to be included in Initial Assessment
Description of the events leading up to and including the fall, injury, or emergency transport
If you enter 0 as amount of saline given from original bag, what else must you do?
Add a comment as to why no saline was given in Description of Treatment Outcome field
When writing a DAE on paper what must we do?
Write legibly and in order. Error correct correctly if needed.
When following up with a donor, we should just call the number provided by the donor?
Attempt all phone numbers provided as part of donor demographics.
What should we document in DAE - Treatment: Types of Treatment?
Select all interventions utilized to help manage the event, including recommendations provided over the telephone. Bandaging applied as part of the normal process completion is not to be marked as treatment. Only pressure dressings applied for uncontrolled bleeding, lacerations, or arterial puncture are treatment.
#2 item to be included in Initial Assessment
Location of donor when the event occurred
If amount of saline given is unknown what should you document?
UNK
When transferring information from a paper to a DAE in DMS what must we do?
Make sure all information matches in each step.
When we speak to a donor after a DAE we should mark the follow up as?
Verbally Reinforced
If a donor is reporting a DAE after the fact, we should use the date they are reporting it?
NO. Record the date of donation linked to the event.
#3 item to be included in Initial Assessment
When (in relation to the donation process) the event occurred
If the event occurs after the completion of the donation, what should you enter for saline given from original bag?
indicate “0” since the saline given at the end of the donation was not a part of the treatment of the event and enter comment in Description of Treatment Outcome field.
What do you do with the paper, once you are done putting the information in the DMS?
Give the paper to a member of quality to review and upload to the DAE.
A successful contact for a follow up is leaving a message for the donor?
NO. “Contact Successful” – communicated with donor. This does not include leaving messages on answering machines or with other persons answering the phone
3. Vitals at Onset, Vitals after Treatment Initiated, Vitals at Release
#4 item to be included in Initial Assessment
An assessment of any injury as performed by a member of the medical staff. Incidents not related to a donation such as a donor slipping on ice outside the center, a donor catching his hand in a door, etc. should be reported via an Incident Report rather than the DAE Report. If in doubt as to which reporting process to use, the Corporate Safety, Health, Environment Officer or Medical Operations personnel can provide consultation.
When would you put the amount of additional saline administered in the DAE? (saline from a second bag of saline given to donor)
DAE - Treatment: Saline Step
Record the dosage of saline given in milliliters.
If nothing is documented we should guess what to put in the DAE?
Never. Only document what is written down on paper or you can record off of a machine. Never make anything up, document in the comments sections why there is no information given.
We should follow up with the donor is the DAE is reported after the fact and the event is resolved?
NO. If the event is reported by the donor after the date of occurrence and the event is resolved, it is not necessary to conduct a follow up contact with the donor
If we cannot take vitals for any reason, we just leave it blank?
Leave it blank, but add a comment as to why no vitals were taken. IE: EMS took donor out of building, etc.
FYI: We can ask EMS for vitals they have taken to record them.
#5 item to be included in Initial Assessment
Medical staff, other than physicians, should record objective findings and avoid recording interpretations