Jennifer, your interpretation is correct. For patients presenting to the ED, triage time is time zero under the CMS measure.
Sean R. Townsend, M.D. Vice President of Quality & Safety California Pacific Medical Center 2330 Clay Street, #301 San Francisco, CA 94115 email [email protected] office (415) 600-5770 fax (415) 600-1541 ________________________________ From: Sepsisgroups [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jennifer L Halligan [SJGH] [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 8:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Sepsis Groups] CMS Abstraction for Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock PRESENTATION TIME Question to the group. I have been and currently still am abstracting TRIAGE TIME for “time zero”. With the release of the new measure specification manual/abstraction guidelines I want to clarify that I will still abstract TRIAGE time as severe sepsis/septic shock PRESENTATION TIME even though ALL the criterion may NOT be met yet at the time of triage, i.e. for severe sepsis -1) documentation of suspected source of infection, 2) 2 SIRS criteria, and 3) organ dysfunction? Thank you, Jennifer Jennifer Halligan, RN Quality Review Nurse San Joaquin General Hospital Tel: 209-468-7471 Fax: 209-468-7011
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