Cath lab activation has been updated to provide additional data elements required for chest pain center accreditation or chest pain center certification. Sequence 15447, activation initiated by, seeks to capture the first person who activated the cath lab for a presumed STEMI patient between first medical contact and the current procedure. This and all subsequent data elements in this tutorial are for those facilities seeking chest pain center accreditation or chest pain center certification. Sequence 15448, PC operator arrival date time, seeks to capture the date and time the first PCI operator arrived at the cath lab for a presumed STEMI case between first medical contact and the current procedure. Sequence 15449, cath lab staff arrival date and time, seeks to capture the date and time when the full component of staff, as it is defined by the facility, were present in the cath lab. Please code the first value between first medical contact and the current procedure. Sequence 15450, activation canceled by, seeks to capture the first person who canceled the cath lab procedure activation for a presumed STEMI patient between the first medical contact and the current procedure.

cath lab activation

chest pain center accreditation

STEMI patient

PCI operator's arrival

cancel cath lab activation