Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Dashboard Tab

This guide contains items required to navigate the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Dashboard. The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Dashboard lists details about infection cases and antibiotic use across your organization.

Summary section

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Item Number

Item Name

Description

1.

Filters section

Select the filter options.

2.

CREATE CASE button

Click to create a case.

3.

OVERVIEW, CASE LIST, and STAFF tabs

Click the Overview tab to view details about infections and COVID-19 monitoring across your organization.

Click the Case List tab to view and manage resident infection cases.

Click the Staff tab to view and manage staff infection cases.

4.

Antibiotic stewardship section

Click to view details about antibiotic use across your organization.

5.

Case tiles

Show the total cases based on the selected filter options. Click a tile to open the case list.

6.

ACTIVE CASES BY DATE and NEW CASES BY DATE graphs

Click a tab to see cases trending by date.

Note

In a multi-facility organization, you can select up to 6 facilities. The filter options are based on the Facility filter above. For example, if Facility 1 is not selected above, then Facility 1 does not show in the Infection trend by Location filter list.

7.

Diagnostic Orders graph

Shows the number of cases that require diagnostic orders.

8.

Evaluations graph

Shows the number of cases that require evaluations.

9.

Infection details graph

Click a tab to see the infection details and the number of cases.

10.

Etiology graph

Shows where infections were acquired.

Antibiotic stewardship section

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Note

For more information about how these values are calculated, see Calculations for the Antibiotic Stewardship Dashboard.

Item Number

Item Name

Description

1.

Summary section

Click to view details about infections across your organization.

2.

Antibiotic count tiles

Show calculations based on the number of cases with antibiotics attached. Calculations are based on the recommended antibiotic stewardship metrics.

Cases with antibiotics - Shows the number of cases with antibiotics attached.

Multi drug resistant organisms - Shows the number of cases with Yes selected for MDRO.

Note

The MDRO option is available when editing a case in Quick View.

Days of therapy/1000 resident days - Shows the average days of therapy per 1000 resident days. Calculations are based on the recommended antibiotic stewardship metrics.

Antibiotic starts/1000 resident days - Shows the number of antibiotic starts per 1000 resident days. Calculations are based on the recommended antibiotic stewardship metrics.

3.

Top 50 anti-infectives by medication class graph

Shows all anti-infectives grouped by medication class. If a case has 2 orders attached, both are counted. If there are more than 50 anti-infective medication classes, only the 50 most used appear.

You can filter by prescriber or click a bar to drill down from medication class to medication.

4.

Antibiotic Time Out graph

Shows the number of bacterial cases in IPC that require an Antibiotic Time Out.

Click a bar to drill down from facility to prescriber.

5.

Multi drug resistant organisms graph

Shows the number of cases in each facility with MDRO selected.

You can filter by organism or click a bar to drill down from facility to unit.

Note

The MDRO option is available when editing a case in Quick View.

6.

Days of therapy/1000 resident days by location graph

Shows the average days of therapy per 1000 resident days in each facility. Calculations are based on the recommended antibiotic stewardship metrics.