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• Home Health no longer requires a VNA or DME form. Instead, place a “Home Health” order and fill out the appropriate details for Wound Care, Visiting Nurse, etc. BE SPECIFIC!
• Home Hospice has it’s own order. Again, be specific.
• Home Antibiotics orders should be entered by the consulting ID team.
• To order AFB smear for TB rule out, write an “Acid Fast Bacilli Culture-INT” order. Choose “Micro Specimen” for specimen type, then add a comment reading “Sputum Induced” . You also need a separate order for RT to induce sputum by ordering “Sputum Induction” and writing “AFB x3” in the special instructions section. Results for will NOT be posted, so you have to call everyday to follow up on AFB results. (This should be fixed soon)
• To order studies from cardiology, ensure you pick studies starting with “CV” (not the 5 number prefix).
• Coumadin Clinic Referrals: Continue to use the previous Coumadin Clinic Referral form and fax to x4747.
• Details regarding hemodialysis can still be found in the hard chart.