NQMC Update Service: June 8, 2015 ► Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC)

NQMC Update Service: June 8, 2015

Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC)

• Sepsis: proportion of hospitalized children younger than 19 years of age identified as having sepsis syndrome who had a blood culture drawn within 4 hours of meeting diagnostic criteria for the condition.

• Sepsis: proportion of hospitalized children younger than 19 years of age with severe sepsis or septic shock who received a fluid bolus within 60 minutes of meeting diagnostic criteria for this condition.

• Sepsis: proportion of hospitalized children younger than 19 years of age with severe sepsis or septic shock who received parenteral antibiotics within 60 minutes of meeting diagnostic criteria for either condition.

• Sepsis: proportion of hospitalized children younger than 19 years of age with severe sepsis or septic shock whose heart rate was documented at least every 15 minutes for the first hour of intravenous or intraosseous fluid resuscitation and then hourly thereafter until resolution of their condition, or for 24 readings.

• Sepsis: proportion of hospitals with a specific written protocol to identify and treat children with sepsis syndrome in the ED.