Ever ask yourself

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Ever ask yourself
Where did I put that?
Oh, I hope they dont ask for this
If only Id worked 20 more hours this week!
Log? What log?
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Using CareTracker for Falls and Incident
TrackingLori Adams and DK Farley, RNResource
Systems
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Falls, Incidents, and Others

• Importance of tracking incident information
• How to track incident information
• Current CareTracker series setups
• Customer specific series setups

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Importance of Tracking Incidents

• To provide/maintain safe environment for
  residents
• Improve quality of care
• Resident care planning
• Avoid F323 and F324 citations
• MDS section (J4)

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How to Track Incidents

• Current common practices
• Paper documentation
• Word of mouth
• No action (Fast walk down Jeopardy Lane!)
• CareTracker Charting Category
• Falls Incidents
• Falls Potential
• Behavioral Incidents
• Burn Incidents

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Quarryville Falling Star Program

• Custom schedules for at risk residents
• Increased preventative measures
• Alerts staff on who is at risk
• Increased accuracy in care planning

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Cambridge Alert Charting

• Informed MDS Coordinator of residents who need to
  be on an increased observation recording pattern
  Alert Charting
• Report generated indicates those to be placed on
  Alert Charting
• Alerts Charting includes
• Fever Fracture
• Falls Antibiotic medications
• Bruises Burns
• Vomiting Skin tears
• Not Scheduled

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Administrative Incident Tracking

• Can be used to replace Incident Tracking Log
• Used by DON/Unit Managers for trend analysis
• Ability to view multiple occurrences for one
  resident
• Great tool for Quality Assurance

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Wow!
Thank goodness they are gone!
Thank goodness for CareTracker!