Recall Sheet 6. Miscellaneous Record Information 1. Radiographs that are not currently being used for patient care should be taken out of the mounts and placed in a small envelope. All worksheets are placed behind the Progress Notes. Patient records MUST always be available even when the assigned student is absent from the College.
Patients sometimes appear unexpectedly for emergency treatment, insurance information, etc.
Unless a patient record is actually being used during treatment, it is to be in the student's patient file in the record room and always available when needed. Any record removed by college personnel will be computer logged to the new location. The record is to be retrieved by the student from the area that used the record if it has not already been returned to the clinic file. If an assigned patient record is left with a faculty or staff member, the student should receive a receipt and the receipt should be placed in the file in the clinic until the record is returned. All Pediatric patient records are to be sequenced according to the Pediatric Clinical Dentistry Syllabus.