One thing that we set to prevent the BPA from firing was if a lactate level was done <8 hours (are considering changing it to a shorter time period due to bundle repeat lactate), our rational being if they are doing a lactate level then we hope they are considering whether patient is septic or not.
Verna Alverson Inpatient Clinical Quality Analyst Essentia Health-SU/SSC Department Quality Department 1702 South University Drive Fargo ND 58103-4940 P:701-364-3210 verna.alverson@essentiahealth<mailto:verna.alverson@essentiahealth>.org From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Muhr, Lori Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 9:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Sepsis EMR Notification (Barnes-Daly, Mary Ann) We implemented this in EPIC and had to pull it back because the BPA was firing on such a large group of patients that the nurses were becoming inundated with BPA's and it was affecting their work flow. We are looking at re-implementation in select units (med-surg) to see if we can have a better response to the alert. Since most of the patients in ICU and Telemetry met the criteria it was launching every time the nurses logged in on those patients. Lori J. Muhr MSN, MHSM/MHA, ACNS-BC, APRN, CCRN, CEN Manager of Clinical Performance Improvement, Patient Safety, and Sepsis Program 817-702-1717 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ This electronic transmission and any attached files are intended solely for the person or entity to which they are addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable law. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use, including taking any action concerning this information by anyone other than the named recipient, is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and delete the original message from your system.
_______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
