The 100.9 will increase the specificity and decrease sensitivity. We are looking at the cost of a false positive workup because if the volume of triggers created.
Sent from Outlook Mobile On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:00 PM -0800, "Angela Craig" <[email protected]> wrote: So, CMS has SIRS criteria as Temperature > 100.9 or <96.8 For years here at our hospital we have used >100.4 and < 96.8. Now that Core Measures is different wondering how you all are handling this? Are you changing all your documentation to go with 100.9? I personally do not want to change to this - I think the earlier we can detect the better. How will this affect us if we keep it the same?? Would love your opinions. Angela Craig APN,MS,CCNS Clinical Nurse Specialist Intensive Care Unit Cookeville Regional Medical Center 931-783-5035 This email message has been delivered safely and archived online by Mimecast. For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org Please note that the information contained in this message and any files transmitted with it are privileged and confidential and are protected from disclosure under the law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and may subject you to criminal or civil penalties. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by replying to the message and delete the material from any computer. Thank you, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and its Affiliates
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