DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE (DNR) INFORMATION

PDF Version of DQA 07-014 (PDF, 21 KB) 

Date:   August 24, 2007 -- DQA Memo 07-014

To:       Adult Day Care Centers ADC 04
             Adult Family Homes AFH 10
             Ambulatory Surgery Centers ASC 05
             Certified Mental Health and AODA CMHA 08
             Community Based Residential Facilities CBRF 10
             End Stage Renal Dialysis Units ESRD 05
             Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled (FDD) FDD 09
             Home Health Agencies HHA 07
             Hospices HSPC 07
             Hospitals HOSP 07
             Nurse Aide Training Programs NATP 07
             Nursing Homes NH 10
             Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities OPT/SP 05
             Residential Care Apartment Complexes RCAC 10
             Rural Health Clinics RHC 06

From: Otis Woods, Administrator
             Division of Quality Assurance

DO-NOT RESUSCITATE (DNR) INFORMATION

This memo replaces DSL-BQA 00-054 issued August 15, 2000.

Chapter 154, Subchapter IIII (Sections 154.17 through 154.29) of the Wisconsin Statutes establishes a system for the issuance of Do-Not-Resuscitate orders in certain situations and for Do-Not-Resuscitate bracelets. Information concerning do-not-resuscitate orders and bracelets is available on the Division of Public Health, Bureau of Local Health Support and Emergency Medical Services website located at: http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/ems/system/DNR.htm

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