The only thing related to antibiotic administration in general are that blood cultures are drawn prior to administration (or there is an acceptable reason for not getting cultures first per the specs) and that they are started no later than 3 hours past time of presentation for Severe Sepsis. Documentation of infection time won't affect this element of the measure. Hope this helps! Pam
Pamela Anderson, BSN, RN Clinical Data Abstractor Loyola University Health System Center for Clinical Excellence 2160 S. First Avenue | Bldg 105-3915 | Maywood, IL 60153 (O) 708-216-5228 | (F) 708-216-7867 | (E) [email protected] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE** This email communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged PHI for the use of the designated recipients named above. Distribution, reproduction or any other use of this transmission by any party other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. ________________________________________ From: Sepsisgroups <[email protected]> on behalf of Davis, Diana <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 6, 2017 8:45:06 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [External] [Sepsis Groups] Source documentation/antibiotic Good morning: Hope someone can clarify this for me. We are discussion at about the timing of the documentation of a source of infection/ or documented infection. Does the source or suspected/likely source of infection need to be documented before the administration of an antibiotic? And if it is not will this cause the measure to fail? Diana Davis, Quality Outcomes Coordinator CMH Regional Health System 937-382-9315 Disclaimer The information transmitted via this e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or proprietary information. Any use, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or pursuing of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are the recipient of this e-mail transmission in error, please reply to the sender and delete the material from any computer. Thank you. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Trinity Health and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
