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Here is some sample content from Bed Assignment - Prioritizing Admits:

	POLICY: Prioritization of patient registration placement request will be as follows: All STAT requests for critical care beds will be handled first in order of receipt. Labor and Delivery requests for admissions will be considered as a STAT request when deemed necessary by the Labor and Delivery staff members. Requests for monitored beds will take priority over a general bed request. An exception to this would be when a general bed needs to be freed to make room on the monitored unit for another monitored patient. Requests for a pediatric bed will take priority over a general bed...
Second excerpt:
	...patient. Requests for a pediatric bed will take priority over a general bed request. Post Anesthesia Care Unit PACU or Day Surgery requests for a general bed will be next priority. Emergency Department requests for a general bed will take priority over an elective walk-in. Urgent direct admits will take priority over direct admits, rehab, skilled care or hospice admissions. SUBJECT:BED ASSIGNMENT - PRIORITIZING ADMITSREFERENCE #4557PAGE: 1DEPARTMENT: HOSPITALWIDE OF: ...