I would be interested in responses to this as well. Thanks
Maria Clause, RN Information Services Thibodaux Regional Medical Center 602 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux, LA 70301 Office (985) 435-4825 Cellular (985) 414-1485 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Itzo Cindy Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 1:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MEDITECH-L] DVT screening for patients HELLO TO All on the "L" Currently we have a DVT screening tool on Admission, that has most all of the risk that the literature refers to. However, we do not have this as a weighted score. Thus two things are happening: It looks like more patients are at risk than possibly is the case, if it were weighted, thus nursing and physicians do not take it seriously. Therefore I'm interested in hearing from others on the following. 1. On Admission is the DVT screening tool you use a weighted tool placing the patient at low/mod/high risk? 2. How to you rescreen patients at some point in their hospitalization, ie change in condition, surgery, new acute diagnosis 3. Is your rescreening tool different than your admission screening tool, or does original information carry over to continue to feed into it and just calculate a new score? 4. If your facility has OB and Pediatrics do you have a different screening tool for these patient populations? 5. If you are up on nursing documentation, did you put the screening tool in meditech, or did you choose to place on paper with the screening tool followed by potential Physician orders? I appreciate your time in letting me know. Any screen shots or processes you have in place that have helped your DVT screening be more successful are wanted. Sincerely, Cindy Itzo
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