Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

1. ► Foreign object retention: percentage of unintentionally retained foreign objects during labor and delivery. This updates a previously published measure summary.

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http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=15589



2. ► Perioperative protocol: percentage of appropriate surgical patients who have their site marked by the surgeon in preop with his/her initials.

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http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=15639



3. ► Perioperative protocol: percentage of infections in patients undergoing clean surgery.

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http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=15637



4. ► Perioperative protocol: percentage of surgical cases in which a verbal, active Time Out is conducted by all appropriate members of the surgical team prior to incision.

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http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=15640



5. ► Perioperative protocol: percentage of surgical cases where the baseline count was conducted prior to the patient arriving in the operating/procedure room.

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http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=15641



6. ► Perioperative protocol: percentage of surgical patients with antibiotic administration within 60 minutes prior to surgical incision.

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7. ► Perioperative protocol: percentage of surgical patients with documentation of verification of correct patient, site/side and procedure.

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http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=15638



8. ► Perioperative protocol: percentage of unintentionally retained foreign objects in surgical cases per month.

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http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=15636



9. ► Perioperative protocol: percentage of wrong surgery events per month.

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http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=15635



10. ► Safe site invasive procedure -- non-operating room: percentage of wrong invasive or high-risk radiological procedure events outside of the operating room per month. This updates a previously published measure summary.

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http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=15591



11. ► Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: percentage of adult hospitalized patients who are assessed for venous thromboembolism risk within 24 hours of admission. This updates a previously published measure summary.

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http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=15587



12. ► Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: percentage of hospitalized adult patients who require hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge for conditions related to venous thromboembolism. This updates a previously published measure summary.

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http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=15588