\nPerioperative Tracking displays patient lists by area eliminating the need to search for individual patients. <\/p>\n
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- The list shows patients booked for current day only (from midnight to midnight).<\/li>\n
- Opening patient records using Perioperative Tracking helps to ensure you are documenting on the correct patient and the correct encounter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nNavigating to Perioperative Tracking<\/div><\/p>\n\n\nMethod 1:<\/p>\n- \n
- <\/strong> Click View<\/strong> in the grey menu bar at the top of the screen.<\/li>\n
- From the drop down list that appears, select Perioperative Tracking<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PT-View.png\")
\n<\/div>\n\nMethod 2:<\/p>\n- \n
- <\/strong> Click on Perioperative Tracking<\/strong> in the grey menu bar at the top of screen.<\/li>\n
- If unable to see, click the small icon indicated in the image below to reveal options including Perioperative Tracking.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PT-grey-menu.png\")
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nWhiteboard selection and filtering<\/div><\/p>\n- \n
- Click a tab to choose a Whiteboard. It will show all patients scheduled today across all theatres in that area.<\/li>\n
- Apply a theatre filter by clicking the downward-facing arrow icon and selecting the appropriate option.<\/li>\n
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\n<\/ul>\n
\nPerioperative Tracking layout<\/div>
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PT-a-through-o.png\")
<\/p>\n- \n
- Theatre<\/strong>: As per booking <\/li>\n
- Start Date and Time<\/strong>: As per booking<\/li>\n
- Patient Name<\/strong>: Clicking the name opens the patient\u2019s record for the relevant encounter.\n
Other ways to open patient record:<\/p>\n
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- click on the blue arrow
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/blue-arrow-right.png\")
at the left end of the row<\/li>\n - or select the patient row, click Record<\/strong> in the top grey menu, and pick the section of the record to open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Gender\/Age<\/strong><\/li>\n
- MRN<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Status<\/strong>: Information is pulled from Perioperative Documentation and visually represents the patient\u2019s current position in the operative journey through text and colour coding.\n
- Event Time<\/strong>: Represents the documented start time of the current status <\/li>\n
- Allergy<\/strong>: Each status has a clickable icon that allows you to review existing documentation or add new information.\n
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- Allergies Not Documented<\/strong>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/no-allergies-recorded.png\")
<\/li>\n- No Known Allergies<\/strong>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/no-known-allergies.png\")
<\/li>\n- No Known Medication Allergies<\/strong>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/no-known-medication-allergeis.png\")
<\/li>\n- Allergies<\/strong> are recorded
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/allergies.png\")
<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n- Procedure<\/strong>: Information pulls from the Schapptbook booking and the Perioperative Documentation<\/li>\n
- Procedure Comments<\/strong>: Information pulls from the Schapptbook booking and the Perioperative Documentation<\/li>\n
- Ward<\/strong>: This indicates the patient\u2019s originating ward. On the ward bedboard, Theatre is depicted by a scalpel icon and Recovery by a sutured wound icon.<\/li>\n
- Operating Surgeon<\/strong>: Information pulls through from the Perioperative Documentation<\/li>\n
- ConsultantAnaesthetist<\/strong>: Information pulls through from the Perioperative Documentation<\/li>\n
- Anaesthesia Type<\/strong>: Information pulls from the Schapptbook booking and the Perioperative Documentation<\/li>\n
- Surgery Comments<\/strong>: Click in the field to type free text.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- No Known Allergies<\/strong>
- Gender\/Age<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Start Date and Time<\/strong>: As per booking<\/li>\n
- Theatre<\/strong>: As per booking <\/li>\n
- If unable to see, click the small icon indicated in the image below to reveal options including Perioperative Tracking.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
- From the drop down list that appears, select Perioperative Tracking<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
- <\/strong> Click View<\/strong> in the grey menu bar at the top of the screen.<\/li>\n