On-Time Quality Improvement Manual for Long-Term Care Facilities

Table 5.1. Sample Priority Report

Decreased meal intake AND weight loss = Both criteria true for the report week:

• Decreased meal intake = Meal consumption 50% or less for two meals in one day at least one time during the report week.
• Weight loss = Any weight loss during the report week. Determined by subtracting current week's weight from most recent weight.

Weight loss ≥5% in ≤30 days = Any occurrence of resident weight loss of ≥5% within the last 30 days.

Urinary incontinence increase = Increase either in the number of shifts or number of times the resident was incontinent from the previous week.

Behaviors ≥3 = Three or more different behaviors for a resident documented during the current week (number of behaviors displays).

Worsening pressure ulcer = Indication by nurse that the wound appears worse from previous wound assessment.

New pressure ulcer = Newly identified pressure ulcer from the previous week.

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