Managing Cases in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)

In Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), you can create, view, and update infection cases. Cases can also trigger from the

  • Assmnts tab when an Infection Screening Evaluation or Respiratory Infection Screener is locked. To prevent duplicate cases triggering for the same infection, it is recommended to use only 1 screening tool.

  • Med Diag tab when a new infection diagnosis is added.

After a case is created, you can assign an Outbreak ID and Cohort Tag to a resident case. This helps you track infection outbreaks in your facility. You can create Cohort Tags to identify characteristics shared between residents in your facility. For example, #redrash or #NorthDiningRoom. Outbreak IDs are provided by the public health department.

Note

Cohort tags are shared across all facilities in your organization.

Steps

To create a case

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Clinical > Infection Control.

    • Multi-facility: Management Console > Dashboards > Infection Control.

  2. Click CREATE CASE.

  3. Complete the fields as required.

    Note

    The Infection fields are based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.

  4. Click SAVE.

To update a case

  1. Infection Control > Case List.

  2. Click a case row to open the Quick view.

  3. Edit the Status or click the pencil icon to edit a section.

  4. Complete the fields as required.

    Note

    Comments are not part of the legal record.

  5. Click SAVE.

Options

Below is a list of the options available to you.

  • Status - Select option.

    • Suspected - Infection is not confirmed.

    • Confirmed (P) - Confirmed by the provider.

    • Confirmed (D) - Confirmed by diagnostics.

    • Closed - After selecting Closed, select the reason. For example, Resolved, Discharged, or Deceased.

      Note

      If you close a case, it can no longer be edited.

    • History of - Infection occurred in the past. Historical cases do not impact active case metrics. Option is only available when creating a new case.

      Tip

      Can be used to support COVID monitoring for reporting purposes.

    • Inactive - Infection case is closed after 30 days of inactivity. If the case was created from a trigger and never edited, on the 31st day of inactivity, the case is automatically updated to this status.

  • Additional information - Click the arrow to expand and view diagnosis and treatment information and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.

  • Case details - Click the arrow to expand and view audit details.