AS 2828-1999

1 - AS 2828-1999 PAPER-BASED HEALTH CARE RECORDS
4 - PREFACE
6 - CONTENT
7 - 1 SCOPE
7 - 2 APPLICATION
7 - 3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
7 - 4 DEFINITIONS
7 - 4.1 Chronological order
7 - 4.2 Patient
7 - 4.3 Shall, should, may
7 - 5 HEALTH CARE RECORD FORMS
7 - 5.1 Constructional requirements and physical characteristics.
7 - 5.1.1 Size
8 - 5.1.2 Paper grammage
8 - 5.1.3 Paper quality
8 - 5.1.4 Paper colour
8 - 5.1.5 Colour of print and quality of printing ink on forms
8 - 5.1.6 Writing on forms
8 - 5.1.7 Carbonless copy paper
9 - 5.2 Colour coding of forms
9 - 5.3 Binding margin of form
9 - 5.4 Drilling (punching) of forms
9 - 5.5 Health care record form identification
9 - 5.6 Patient identification
9 - 5.6.1 A4 Forms-Single-sided
9 - 5.6.2 Variations from A4 single-sided forms
9 - 5.7 Re-order number of forms
9 - 5.8 Layout of health care record form
10 - 5.9 Fixing of loose forms to a backing form
10 - 5.10 Form design
10 - 6 DIVIDERS (WHERE USED)
10 - 6.1 Constructional requirements and physical characteristics
10 - 6.1.1 Size
10 - 6.1.2 Material
10 - 6.1.3 Divider grammage
10 - 6.1.4 Section divider tabs
11 - 6.1.5 Binding margin
11 - 6.1.6 Drilling (punching of dividers)
11 - 7 HEALTH CARE RECORD COVERS
11 - 7.1 Constructional requirements and physical characteristics
11 - 7.1.1 Health care record cover size
11 - 7.1.2 Health care record cover design
11 - 7.1.3 Material
11 - 7.1.4 Record cover grammage
11 - 7.1.5 Printing on health care record cover
11 - 7.1.6 Information on record cover
12 - 7.1.7 Colour coding on health care record cover
12 - 7.1.8 Record forms
13 - 8 ORDER OF SECTIONAL FILING (WHERE USED)
13 - 9 ORDER OF FILING WITHIN EACH SECTION
14 - 10 COMPUTER COMPATIBILITY
14 - 11 RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION OF HEALTH CARE RECORDS
14 - 11.1 Retention
14 - 11.2 Storage
15 - 11.3 Destruction
16 - APPENDIX A - CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH CARE RECORD FORM-UNFOLDED AND FOLDED
17 - APPENDIX B - COLOUR CODING FOR HEALTH CARE RECORD FORMS, COVERS AND DIVIDERS
17 - B1 GENERAL
17 - B2 COLOUR CODING OF RECORD COVERS
17 - B3 COLOUR CODING OF RECORD FORMS AND DIVIDERS
20 - APPENDIX C - HEALTH CARE RECORD FORM LAYOUT
21 - APPENDIX D - VARIATIONS IN PATTERNING OF COLOURS
22 - APPENDIX E - RECOMMENDED HEALTH CARE RECORD FORMAT SHOWING IDENTIFYING TABS

Specifies requirements for the physical aspects of health care records such as size, quality, layout, colour, order of filing and record cover, and method of fixing the health care record forms/dividers within the record cover.

This Standard specifies requirements for the physical aspects of health care records such as size, quality, layout, colour, order of filing and record cover, and method of fixing the health care record forms/dividers within the record cover.

First published as AS 2828-1985.
Second edition 1999.