Setup
All hospitalized patients should be added to this whiteboard.
What is ICU/Treatment Room?
This needs to be done in the morning for patients that are existing hospitalized patients.
What are "Add 24 hours," changing the doctor on duty, and double checking that all repeating squares continue through the whole day.
This is where a bag of IV fluids should be entered.
What is the Fluid Bag List drop down in the Procedures section?
This is what a pink/red square indicates.
What is a note that should be read before completing that task?
This indicates that a line item or square is associated with a billing trigger.
What is a green triangle in the bottom left corner?
All hospitalized patients should start with this template.
What is HOSP Q4 CAT or DOG?
Maintenance charges (for IVC, Ucath, feeding tube) are charged under this circumstance.
What is going into the overnight with the catheter/tube in place?
Additives need to be notated here.
What is the pop up box for the IV fluid line item in the Fluids section?
This is what a blue square indicates.
What is change, especially of fluid rates?
All billing triggers should be in ONLY these two sections.
What are Medications and Procedures?
Medications should be scheduled, as much as possible, at these times.
What are 9, 1, and 5?
This is where to record vitals for a transfusion.
What is an anesthetic sheet?
This should be entered in the square(s) on the IV fluid line.
What is the current fluid rate?
This needs to be done for every purple square associated with a line item describing the actual medication.
What is turning off the billing?
This indicates that billing has been turned off for a completed square.
What is a red triangle in the lower left corner?
This goes in the Critical section.
What is anything the technicians need to know? (i.e. seizure watch, blood type, recent procedures, replace IVC)
When a patient is on an Insulin CRI, where the IVF and CRI rate are frequently changing, the total fluid rate should be put here.
What is the Flush IV Catheter line item? The fluid rates on the other line items should be zero/blank.
This is how often fluid additives should be charged.
What is the start of a new bag of fluids or the addition of an additive to an existing bag.
This is what a green square indicates.
What is "as needed" or "at the doctor's discretion?"
This happens if a number is entered in a square with a billing trigger.
What is charging that number of items to the bill?
Existing medication and fluid protocols for AAVEC transfers can be found here.
What is the AAVEC Flowsheet, available in the Patient Record once they have closed it out?
These types of diagnostics should/can be recorded on the flow sheet.
What are diagnostics with a single result that are likely to be repeated?
This is where IV fluid additives should be entered for billing.
What is the Medications section? The amount added to one liter of fluids should be charged.
This is what should be entered in the purple box associated with the Owner Medications line item.
This indicates that billing has been turned off for a blank, highlighted square.
What is nothing? You must check the pop-up box.