Thank you for the great idea. We have decided to ask lab to add a pink sticker to the arm band whenever blood cultures are drawn. It will be removed once the initial antibiotic is infused. This was a little more cost effective for us. Our Sepsis Pathway is on a pink piece of paper, which follows the patient from the ED to the ICU. We decided to go with the same color to prevent color confusion. Again, thanks for the inspiration. "Silvers MD, Jeffrey H" <[email protected]> 10/30/2012 2:55 PM >>>
I agree great idea From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 7:24 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Blood Culture Notification GREAT idea and so low tech and simple! Love it! Sent from my iPhone Please excuse typos Peggy Rice, RN, MBA Assistant CNO Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose, CA (408) 438-0986 cell (408) 559-2329 office On Oct 29, 2012, at 7:23 AM, "Jessica Harkey" <[email protected]> wrote: In our ED the patient receives a white paper arm band with a date/time stamp after cultures are drawn. Lab places the band. Jessica Harkey, RN, BSN, CCRN Sepsis Program Coordinator San Joaquin Community Hospital 2615 Chester Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93303 661-869-6874 [email protected] <ATT00001.bmp> Dee Harman, RN Keystone ICU Project Coordinator Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center 5215 Holy Cross Drive Mishawaka, IN See what’s new with the Sepsis Practice Collaborative ( http://blog.trinity-health.org/blog/sepsis ) 574.335.2438 (office) 574.336.3123 (unit) 574.335.3126 (fax) [email protected] This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are the intended recipient, further disclosures are prohibited without proper authorization. If you are not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, the use, dissemination or reproduction of this communication is prohibited and may be a violation of federal or state law and regulations. If you have received this transmission in error please destroy all copies of the message and its attachments and notify the sender immediately. >>> Angela Craig <[email protected]> 10/24/2012 11:25 AM >>> At our hospital we are trying to give antibiotics within an hour for our septic patients. We are finding the nurses do not always know when the blood cultures have been drawn. Does anyone have a good system in place that alerts the nurse once they have obtained the blood cultures so then the nurse can give that antibiotic asap? Any suggestions are appreciated. Angela Craig APN,MS,CCNS Clinical Nurse Specialist Intensive Care Unit Cookeville Regional Medical Center 931-783-5035 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
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