AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services. Division of Services for People with Disabilities. Developmental Center
SERIES: 59956
TITLE: Nurses log file
DATES: 1980-2015.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological
DESCRIPTION: This is a record of medical or related problems or events that have occurred on the wing or at the facility. It is also a general communications report for the next shift.
It includes notations of general health problems, follow-ups, indications of tube feeding, medicine changes, resident accidents, a new residents related injury, and name of a resident released for home care.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.
APPROVED: 09/1988
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office for 10 years after the date of the report and then destroy.
APPRAISAL
Administrative Legal
Retention is comparable to Record Retention Guide For Illinois Hospitals, page 4. The guide has been approved by the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Record Association.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public