Template Options

EpiGraphics contains 13 different templates, each designed to track a particular type of infection, employee health, or epidemiology data. Each template offers different options for numerators, denominators, optional categories, and the types of charts to create. Available template options: Bloodstream Infections Use Organize data on bloodstream infections, either in a single unit, a collection of units, or facility wide; data can be for device-associated infections or all infections Numerator Infections Available Denominators  Device Days  Infusion Days  Patient Days  Resident Days Optional Categories  Infection Type (Primary or Secondary)  Organism Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  Pie Chart by Optional Category  Pareto Chart by Optional Category  u Control Chart Urinary Tract Infections Use Organize data on urinary tract infections, either in a single unit, a collection of units, or facility wide; data can be for device-associated infections or all infections Numerator Infections Available Denominators  Device Days  Patient Days  Resident Days Optional Categories  Infection Type (Symptomatic or Asymptomatic)  Organism Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  Pie Chart by Optional Category  Pareto Chart by Optional Category  u Control Chart Pneumonia Use Organize data on pneumonia, either in a single unit, a collection of units, or facility wide; data can be for device-associated infections or all infections Numerator Infections Available Denominators  Device Days  Patient Days  Resident Days Optional Categories  Organism Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  Pie Chart by Optional Category  Pareto Chart by Optional Category  u Control Chart Surgical Site Infections Use Organize data on surgical site infections, for a single procedure, by risk category, for a particular surgeon, or by any other grouping that is useful; data can be for inpatient, outpatient, or all procedures Numerator Infections Denominator Procedures Optional Categories  Infection Site (Deep, Superficial, Organ Space)  Organism Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  Pie Chart by Optional Category  Pareto Chart by Optional Category  p Control Chart Pressure Ulcers Use Organize data on pressure ulcers (bed sores), either in a single unit, a collection of units, or facility wide; data can be for patients or residents who are at risk or for all patients or residents; data can be for ulcers that become infected or for all ulcers Available Numerators  Ulcers  Infected Ulcers Available Denominators  Resident Days  Patient Days Optional Categories  Organism Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  Pie Chart by Optional Category  Pareto Chart by Optional Category  u Control Chart Respiratory Infections Use Organize data on respiratory infections, either in a single unit, a collection of units, or facility wide; data can be for just one type of respiratory infection (e.g., lower respiratory infections) or all infections Numerator Infections Available Denominators  Resident Days  Patient Days Optional Categories  Organism Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  Pie Chart by Optional Category  Pareto Chart by Optional Category  u Control Chart Isolation Use Organize data on patients in isolation, either in a single unit, a collection of units, or facility wide; data can be for just one type of isolation (e.g., respiratory) or all types Available Numerators  Patients on Isolation  Patient Days on Isolation Available Denominators  Total Patients (should always be used in conjunction with a numerator of Patients on Isolation)  Total Patient Days (should always be used in conjunction with a numerator of Patient days on Isolation) Optional Categories  Isolation Type Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  Pie Chart by Optional Category  Pareto Chart by Optional Category  p Control Chart Microorganism Tracking Use Organize data on a single microorganism within a particular unit, a collection of units, or facility wide; especially useful for tracking data on resistant organisms Numerator Isolates Available Denominators  Patient Days  Resident Days Optional Categories  Site Information Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  Pie Chart by Optional Category  Pareto Chart by Optional Category  u Control Chart Body Substance Exposures Use Organize data on employee exposures to body substances, either in a single unit or work area, a collection of units or work areas, or facility wide Numerator Exposures Available Denominators  Productive Hours  Employee Hours  Patient Days  Resident Days Optional Categories  Job Category  Device  Exposure Type  Work Area Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  Pie Chart by Optional Category  Pareto Chart by Optional Category  u Control Chart TB Skin Tests Use Organize data on TB skin tests, either in terms of employees tested or tests resulting in a conversion; data can be for a single unit or work area, a collection of units or work areas, or facility wide Available Numerators  Tests  Conversions Available Denominators  Employees Due for Testing (should always be used in conjunction with a numerator of Tests)  Tests (should always be used in conjunction with a numerator of Conversions) Optional Categories None Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  p Control Chart Immunization Use Organize data on immunizations given, either among employees, patients, or in the community; data can be for a single vaccine, or multiple vaccines; data can also be for a single unit or work area, a collection of units or work areas, facility wide, or community wide Numerator Vaccinations Denominator Eligible Recipients Optional Categories None Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  p Control Chart Influenza Use Organize data on influenza immunizations given, either among employees, patients, or in the community; data can be for a single unit or work area, a collection of units or work areas, facility wide, or community wide; note that data using this template is tracked by year or season, rather than by month Numerator Vaccinations Denominator Eligible Recipients Optional Categories None Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart Other Infections Use Organize data on any infections not appropriate for any of the other EpiGraphics templates; data can be for a particular unit, a collection of units, or facility wide; data can be for a particular infection or for facility-wide infections Numerator Infections Available Denominators  Patient Days  Resident Days  Device Days  Procedures Optional Categories  Organism Available Charts  Incidence Bar Chart  Rate Run Chart  Pie Chart by Optional Category  Pareto Chart by Optional Category  P Control Chart  u Control Chart