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Also, accessible can mean a computer
system. We do not print hardcopies of MDS’s except by request for
recons, state surveyor if they can’t use our system easily etc but we
have computers everywhere and everyone who should have access to the MDS module
does have it. They can read it, print it etc to their hearts content if
they want to but we are all so use to the computer we are just as comfortable
reading the computer screen as a piece of paper. As a result, every MDS
ever done on all residents in the facility since we got the computers is “at
your fingertips’ anytime. We do have hardcopy signature sheets which are
kept in my office, and hard copy protocol summaries/raps which are kept in a
resident folder on their unit. We do have paper around but not nearly as
much as it sounds like you guys have.
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What state? The
requirement is that the MDS be accessible. It does not specify in the chart.
Many facilities have separate binders, which is not in conflict with the
requirement. Obviously, the binders have to be in a secure location.
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state also told us
MDS's must be kept in the charts. A secretary had thinned a chart without
my knowledge and had thinned out some MDS's into a file drawer next to the
charts. This was a no-no per surveyor.
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None
of our MDS are in the individual charts. We have 6 big 3 ring binders
organized with page dividers by room number (pharmacist prefers this).
These are kept secure in the nurses station report room along with policy and
procedure manuals. Just have to be sure to thin MDS older than 15 months
and move MDS with room changes. We keep the MDS admit face sheet in
plastic page protector on top, then MDS from most recent to oldest.
System has worked well for 3 years.
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State
surveyor just left today and we got cited for keeping residents MDS in my
office versus putting them in the charts. We send the MDS to
medical records for filing in the charts after pt. is discharged. What
are your thoughts on this issue?
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