McGeers Infection Criteria needs to be updated so the software is programmed if the assessment is checked and "meets" infection criteria by McGeers, the assessment states criteria for infection is met and for what section/infection was met. Otherwise you have to print the assessment out and look at criteria to determine if met or not. Also, a notes section in the assessment would be very useful.

Currently you have to spend more time than necessary determining if criteria is met. So again, software being updated to determine those meeting criteria and noting on assessment would be of value to everyone.

A notes section is greatly needed because if a new admission comes in and is on an antibiotic say for presumptive UTI, the hospital does not always send the information/documentation so we know what symptoms were met. If a note were added we could simply type in there new admission from hospital and this way the assessment is not blank. Because of this reason, our practice is to NOT complete an assessment on new admit. We just count as meeting criteria.

The notes section would also help ICP put in detailed data such as which eye is red for conjunctivitis, etc.