Process documentation Planning the Graphical Representation of the Care Unit Structure Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

If you want to specify the care unit structure to be represented in graphical form in the system, you should work through the following preliminary steps:

  1. Make the floor plan of the care unit as abstract as possible.

    2. Do not try to exactly recreate the floor plan of a care unit in the IS-H System. Draw up a plan of the care unit which should reflect the proportions of the rooms in relation to each other. Rooms to which no bed locations are assigned can, however, be scaled down. In this way, more space is available for displaying rooms with bed locations and the patients assigned to them.

  2. Set the angle of view on the care unit.

    3. Since the width of the screen display is usually greater than its height, you should adjust the care unit to this format.

    The care unit overview graphic should reflect the care unit as seen by the staff who work there. This is generally the view from the nurse station.

  3. Map the care unit in the SAP coordinate system.

Map the care unit in the SAP coordinate system. You do not have to align the lower left corner of the care unit with the origin of the coordinate system. You can specify the lower left corner of the unit at any point greater than (0,0). Coordinates of the unit may not exceed 999.

Note

If you do not define the lower left corner of the care unit as the origin, you will be able to extend the station along the x or y axis at a later date, without having to change coordinates which have already been defined.

3a. Define the appropriate room dimensions

You should keep the room dimensions as small as possible. Rooms with bed locations must be large enough to accommodate the required number of bed locations.

For more information about this, see Rooms in the Care Unit Overview Graphic.

3b. Define corridors

Orientation in the care unit overview graphic is facilitated if you represent corridors in the system. You should also make a point of including corridors with many corners.

For more information about this, see Corridors in the Care Unit Overview Graphic.

3c. Define room and corridor doors

You should include room and corridor doors when planning the care unit overview graphic, since they support orientation in the graphic.

For more information on room and corridor doors, see Doors in the Care Unit Overview Graphic.

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Example of Care Unit Aligned with SAP Coordinate System