NQMC Update Service: February 25, 2013 ▲ Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

NQMC Update Service: February 25, 2013

February 25, 2013

NQMC Update Service: February 25, 2013

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 02/26/2013 01:32 PM EST

February 25, 2013

New This Week

Measure Summaries

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

• Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) rate: percentage of haematology unit-related centrally-inserted central line-associated blood stream infections (CI-CLABSIs), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) rate: percentage of haematology unit-related peripherally-inserted central line-associated blood stream infections (PI-CLABSIs), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) rate: percentage of oncology unit-related centrally-inserted central line-associated blood stream infections (CI-CLABSIs), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) rate: percentage of oncology unit-related peripherally-inserted central line-associated blood stream infections (PI-CLABSIs), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) rate: percentage of outpatient intravenous therapy (OPIV) unit-related centrally-inserted central line-associated blood stream infections (CI-CLABSIs), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) rate: percentage of outpatient intravenous therapy (OPIV) unit-related peripherally-inserted central line-associated blood stream infections (PI-CLABSIs), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) rate: percentage of paediatric intensive care unit (ICU)-associated centrally-inserted central line-associated blood stream infections (CI-CLABSIs), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) rate: percentage of paediatric intensive care unit (ICU)-associated peripherally-inserted central line-associated blood stream infections (PI-CLABSIs), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Central line-utilisation ratio (CLUR): number of centrally-inserted (CI) central line-days per patient-days in adult intensive care unit (ICU), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Central line-utilisation ratio (CLUR): number of centrally-inserted (CI) central line-days per patient-days in paediatric intensive care unit (ICU), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Central line-utilisation ratio (CLUR): number of peripherally-inserted (PI) central line-days per patient-days in adult intensive care unit (ICU), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Central line-utilisation ratio (CLUR): number of peripherally-inserted (PI) central line-days per patient-days in paediatric intensive care unit (ICU), during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Haemodialysis-associated blood stream infection surveillance: percentage of AV-fistula access-associated blood stream infections, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Haemodialysis-associated blood stream infection surveillance: percentage of centrally inserted cuffed line access-associated blood stream infections, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Haemodialysis-associated blood stream infection surveillance: percentage of centrally inserted non-cuffed line access-associated blood stream infections, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Haemodialysis-associated blood stream infection surveillance: percentage of native vessel graft access-associated blood stream infections, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Haemodialysis-associated blood stream infection surveillance: percentage of synthetic graft access-associated blood stream infections, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Neonatal infections: percentage of babies of birth weight less than 1000 grams admitted to the NICU during the time period under study who have a significant blood infection occurring more than 48 hours after birth at any time during their whole admission. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Neonatal infections: percentage of babies of greater than or equal to 1000 grams birth weight, admitted to the NICU during the time period under study who have a significant blood infection occurring more than 48 hours after birth at any time during their whole admission. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Neonatal infections: percentage of live babies born at the reporting hospital who develop blood stream and/or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) infection within 48 hours of birth and who were born in the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Neonatal infections: percentage of live babies of greater than or equal to 37 weeks gestational age (GA) born at the reporting hospital who develop a blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) infection within 48 hours of birth and who were born in the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Neonatal infections: percentage of significant blood infections in NICU admitted babies of greater than or equal to 1000 grams birth weight, occurring more than 48 hours of birth, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Neonatal infections: percentage of significant blood infections in NICU admitted babies of less than 1000 grams birth weight, occurring more than 48 hours of birth, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.