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🌱 Answer: Yes, for the ABA Burn Registry all ICU and intermediate days are counted as ICU days.
🤔 Question: Can you clarify the Total Length of Stay - ICU days including a "step down” day?
🌱 Answer: The Total ICU Length of Stay is based on whatever your hospital calls an ICU day including the step-down day. Stepdown days are a term for medical care, though the exact definition may change at different hospitals. The general definition is: “Stepdown beds provide an intermediate level of care for patients with requirements somewhere between that of the general ward and the intensive care unit.” Both ICU and Stepdown days are considered ICU days for the ABA’s purposes.
Total Ventilator Days
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🤔 Question: For the "pneumonia, ventilator related" definition on page 121 of the Data Dictionary, the sourced material is to chapter 6 from the CDC National Healthcare Safety Network NHSN. Chapter 10 of the NHSN is the more updated source for this definition. Should we reference chapter 6 or chapter 10? 🌱 Answer: Please consult with your Infection Preventionist to determine what they recommend for reporting of Pneumonia, Ventilator Associated. In general, NHSN Chapter 6, Pediatric Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (PVAP) and NHSN Chapter 10, Infection-Related Ventilator Associated Condition (IVAC) should be included. 🤔 Question: Is only pediatric ventilator related pneumonia (PVAP) counted as a complication or should Infection-related Ventilator-Associated Complication (IVAC), Ventilator Associated Condition (VAC), or Ventilator Associated Event (VAE) be counted as a Pneumonia, Ventilator Related? 🌱 Answer: Please consult with your Infection Preventionist to determine what they recommend for reporting of Pneumonia, Ventilator Associated. In general, NHSN Chapter 6, Pediatric Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (PVAP) and NHSN Chapter 10, Infection-Related Ventilator Associated Condition (IVAC) should be included. 🤔 Question: Need clarification on what is considered wound closure at time of discharge. 🌱 Answer: The data point is intended to collect the percent of the wounds that are permanently closed at the time of discharge, either by re-epithelialization or grafting with a permanent wound coverage agent (STSG, FTSG, cell culture).
Percent Wound Closure at the Time of Discharge Definition: Percent of the wounds, including the burns and grafted areas, that are healed at time of discharge.
Additional Info: Healed will refer to epithelialization of the wound bed. Estimate the percentage epithelialized with no further need for dressing intended to facilitate wound closure. |
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