National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Access and exit block to the ICU: Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

► 1. * Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of appropriate patients referred to an intensive care unit, who are not admitted to the unit because of inadequate resources, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of appropriate patients referred to an intensive care unit, who are not admitted to the unit because of inadequate resources, during the 6 month time period.



► 2. * Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of elective surgical cases deferred or cancelled due to the lack of ICU/HDU bed, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of elective surgical cases deferred or cancelled due to the lack of ICU/HDU bed, during the 6 month time period.



► 3. * Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU) between 6pm and 6am, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU) between 6pm and 6am, during the 6 month time period.



► 4. * Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of patients who were transferred to another facility/area/ICU due to unavailability of an ICU bed, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of patients who were transferred to another facility/area/ICU due to unavailability of an ICU bed, during the 6 month time period.




► 5. * Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of patients whose discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) was delayed more than 12 hours, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of patients whose discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) was delayed more than 12 hours, during the 6 month time period.