Zones, beds and shifts

Define EDFlow zones with their streams, beds and EHR location codes, treatment-space capacity, shift times and the CTAS reassessment intervals for the waiting room.

Zones and beds describe the department's layout. Charge nurses assign staff to them each shift, and that assignment routes patient requests. See Zones and shifts.

Zones

Field	Notes
Name and code	For example "Acute A", `A`
Area type	Resuscitation, acute, fast track, internal waiting, hallway, triage, waiting room
Stream	Used by estimates: a fast-track patient's wait uses the fast-track stream's history
Colour	Staff-only colour from the brand's zone swatches. Never shown to patients

Beds

Each bed has a label, a zone and the EHR location codes that map to it. Unmapped location codes appear in Unmapped codes.

Capacity

The number of treatment spaces. The volume suggestion uses occupancy against it. See Department volume.

Shifts

Shift name, start time and length (default Day 07:00–19:00 and Night 19:00–07:00). "On shift" and request routing follow the current shift's assignments.

Reassessment intervals

How often waiting patients should be reassessed, per CTAS. The board shows "Due" and "Overdue" against these. Defaults: CTAS 2 every 15 min, 3 every 30, 4 every 60, 5 every 120.

Setting	Default	Allowed values	What it does
`reassessment.intervals.ctas2`	15	5–240 minutes	Waiting-room reassessment interval for CTAS 2 (D-53).
`reassessment.intervals.ctas3`	30	5–240 minutes	Waiting-room reassessment interval for CTAS 3.
`reassessment.intervals.ctas4`	60	5–240 minutes	Waiting-room reassessment interval for CTAS 4.
`reassessment.intervals.ctas5`	120	5–240 minutes	Waiting-room reassessment interval for CTAS 5.

Rules

You can't delete a zone with current shift assignments or occupied beds; the page says why.

Setting	Default	Allowed values	What it does
`capacity.treatmentSpaces`	30	1–500 count	Treatment-space capacity, the occupancy denominator (F-08.3).