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IDEAS
That Work
ELECTRONIC RECORDS
Does Your EMR Capture SCIP Criteria?
H
ave your elec-
tronic med-
ical records
built so that you
must enter vital
information for
meeting Surgical
Care Improvement
Project criteria
before the records
will finalize. This
will ensure all criti-
cal SCIP data is
entered the day of
surgery, including
requirements for
prophylactic antibi-
otics started within 1
hour prior to surgi-
cal incisions and discontinued within 24 hours after surgery end
times, appropriate hair removal and active warming used intraopera-
tively.
Marilyn Brazda, RN, CNOR
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
Houston, Texas
marilyn.brazda@memorialhermann.org
SMART EMR Does your
EMR capture SCIP criteria?
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN
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