Variability in determining sepsis time zero and bundle compliance rates for the centers for medicare and medicaid services SEP-1 measure. - PubMed - NCBI

Variability in determining sepsis time zero and bundle compliance rates for the centers for medicare and medicaid services SEP-1 measure. - PubMed - NCBI

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Aug;39(8):994-996. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.134. Epub 2018 Jun 22.

Variability in determining sepsis time zero and bundle compliance rates for the centers for medicare and medicaid services SEP-1 measure.

Rhee C1, Brown SR2, Jones TM3, O'Brien C4, Pande A5, Hamad Y5, Bulger AL6, Tobin KA7, Massaro AF2, Anderson DJ3, Warren DK5, Klompas M1; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program.

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Abstract

We compared sepsis "time zero" and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) SEP-1 pass rates among 3 abstractors in 3 hospitals. Abstractors agreed on time zero in 29 of 80 (36%) cases. Perceived pass rates ranged from 9 of 80 cases (11%) to 19 of 80 cases (23%). Variability in time zero and perceived pass rates limits the utility of SEP-1 for measuring quality.

PMID:

 

29932042

 

DOI:

 

10.1017/ice.2018.134

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