The RL6:Infection Inbox Page

The inbox pages are used to quickly decide whether an event is important and requires follow-up or if it can be ignored. Surveillance files are created from the inbox if the IP1. Internet Protocol 2. (For Infection) Infection Practitioner. An individual works to reduce the acquisition of healthcare-associated infections in patients, residents and staff at a healthcare organization. determines that follow-up is required. Inboxes can be accessed by clicking the Inbox navigation button.

Note: To access a patient-specific inbox, use the Patient Menu (Patient Events and Activities).

The Inbox page is made up the following:

1. Inboxes – use the Inbox EventA patient or employee related occurrence which is recorded in paper or electronic format. Once recorded, an event file is reviewed by a file manager who may involve other individuals (e.g. using tasks and follow-ups features) to help investigate and resolve the event. Type button to select an inbox (Inbox Event Types).
2. Patient Menu – used to view the patient’s events (Patient Events and Activities) and contact tracing (Contact Tracing).
3. Results (Inbox Results) – events are grouped by patient and contain:
   1. Event Summary (Inbox Results) – include details like the date, time, service requested and organism identified.
   2. Follow-up Actions ( RL6:Infection Follow-up Actions) – used to determine if a follow-up is required.
   3. Event Details – click the Details link to expand/collapse the event details.
   4. Summary/Activity (Adding Activity to an Event) – Summary results are displayed by default and contain in-progress and new surveillance files, as well as inactive files. Click Activity to see additional patient-related events such as surgery, pharmacy, etc.