Weight Change Threshold

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Wed, 09/20/2023 - 09:38
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Eliana Abboudi
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Weight Change Threshold

We are evaluating our EMR alert threshold for changes in weight.
I was wondering what the threshold is in other hospitals for alerting the clinicians when a weight change is considered significant and possibly erroneous at the time of typing into the flowsheet, ordering weight based meds, and verifying.

What is the threshold based on (industry standard, evidence of normal weight changes in the hospital, etc)?

Thank you,
Eliana

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