# Defining hospitals

If you are working in a single hospital, create the definition for that hospital. Once a hospital definition has been created, you can then add its ward and survey data.

If necessary, you can add additional hospitals to the same HelicsWin.Net application. In doing this you are able to store the data for the additional hospitals in the same HelicsWin.Net database. If more than one hospital has been defined, you can only enter information for one hospital at a time.

To create a hospital definition:

1. Click Hospital definition in the main menu.

The Hospitals form opens.

If no hospitals have been defined yet, the fields are blank.

2. Click the Add item icon .

The Hospital code and Hospital name fields clear.

3. Enter the new hospital code and name (in this example, ‘ABC123’ and ‘City Central Hospital’).

4. Click the Save icon or press Ctrl+S.

The hospital record is added to the internal database. From now on, you can access this record from this form through the Forwards } and Backwards | buttons on the toolbar.

5. Click Select this hospital.

The main menu re-opens.

You can now enter this hospital’s ward and survey information – see:

• Defining wards and ICUs and

• Creating a PPS point prevalence survey or

• Creating an ICU survey or

• Creating a CDI survey

HelicsWin.Net v2.2 Online User Guide v20160330
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