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Infectious Disease Profile/COVID-19 Screening for Patients


The Infectious Disease Profile in Axxess Hospice is designed to help agencies easily track infectious diseases and screening tools used to detect them. This feature streamlines operations by enabling agencies to manage all aspects of infectious disease monitoring in one place, and facilitates compliance with infection control and emergency preparedness planning requirements.

Access the Infectious Disease Profile


To access the Infectious Disease Profile, navigate to the Patients tab and select Infectious Disease from the drop-down menu, or navigate to the Patient Charts and select Infectious Disease from the Actions menu.


Patients tab ➜ Infectious Disease



Patients tab ➜ Patient Charts ➜ Actions menu ➜ Infectious Disease



Users can also access the Infectious Disease Profile from within clinical documentation, so screenings can easily be documented as they are completed at the point of care.


In the RN Initial Assessment, RN Initial/Comprehensive Assessment, RN Comprehensive Assessment and RN Recertification Assessment, click Infectious Disease Profile in the Infection Surveillance section.



In the Skilled Nurse Visit and Skilled Nurse PRN Visit, click Infectious Disease Profile in the Infection Control section.


Infectious Disease Profile


Infectious disease screenings that have been completed are listed in the Infectious Disease Profile with the following details:



Select View in the Actions column to display the results of a screening that has been completed.


COVID-19 Screenings


To add a new COVID-19 screening for the patient, click Add COVID-19 Screening.


Complete the screening questions and assign a risk level based on your agency’s policy. A date of screening is required before the screening can be saved. Click Save Screening to complete the screening process, or Save & Add Another to document another screening for the patient.



For more information on the screening and COVID-19, click the tool tip icon next to the screening title.


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