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