|
Quality Id |
Measure Name |
High Priority |
Measure Type |
Measure Description |
|
044 |
Coronary
Artery Bypass Graft (CABG): Preoperative Beta-Blocker in Patients with
Isolated CABG Surgery |
No |
Process |
Percentage
of isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgeries for patients aged
18 years and older who received a beta-blocker within 24 hours prior to
surgical incision |
|
076 |
Prevention
of Central Venous Catheter (CVC) - Related Bloodstream Infections |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage
of patients, regardless of age, who undergo central venous catheter (CVC)
insertion for whom CVC was inserted with all elements of maximal sterile
barrier technique, hand hygiene, skin preparation and, if ultrasound is used,
sterile ultrasound techniques followed |
|
402 |
Tobacco
Use and Help with Quitting Among Adolescents |
No |
Process |
The
percentage of adolescents 12 to 20 years of age with a primary care visit
during the measurement year for whom tobacco use status was documented and
received help with quitting if identified as a tobacco user |
|
404 |
Anesthesiology
Smoking Abstinence |
Yes |
Intermediate
Outcome |
The
percentage of current smokers who abstain from cigarettes prior to anesthesia
on the day of elective surgery or procedure |
|
424 |
Perioperative Temperature Management |
Yes |
Outcome |
Percentage
of patients, regardless of age, who undergo surgical or therapeutic
procedures under general or neuraxial anesthesia of
60 minutes duration or longer for whom at least one body temperature greater
than or equal to 35.5 degrees Celsius (or 95.9 degrees Fahrenheit) was
achieved within the 30 minutes immediately before or the 15 minutes
immediately after anesthesia end time |
|
426 |
Post-Anesthetic
Transfer of Care Measure: Procedure Room to a Post Anesthesia Care Unit
(PACU) |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage
of patients, regardless of age, who are under the care of an anesthesia
practitioner and are admitted to a PACU or other non-ICU location in which a
post-anesthetic formal transfer of care protocol or checklist which includes
the key transfer of care elements is utilized |
|
427 |
Post-Anesthetic
Transfer of Care: Use of Checklist or Protocol for Direct Transfer of Care
from Procedure Room to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage
of patients, regardless of age, who undergo a procedure under anesthesia and
are admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) directly from the anesthetizing
location, who have a documented use of a checklist or protocol for the
transfer of care from the responsible anesthesia practitioner to the
responsible ICU team or team member |
|
430 |
Prevention
of Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) – Combination Therapy |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage
of patients, aged 18 years and older, who undergo a procedure under an
inhalational general anesthetic, AND who have three or more risk factors for
post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), who receive combination therapy
consisting of at least two prophylactic pharmacologic antiemetic agents of
different classes preoperatively or intraoperatively |
|
463 |
Prevention
of Post-Operative Vomiting (POV) - Combination Therapy (Pediatrics) |
No |
Process |
Percentage
of patients aged 3 through 17 years, who undergo a procedure under general
anesthesia in which an inhalational anesthetic is used for maintenance AND
who have two or more risk factors for post-operative vomiting (POV), who
receive combination therapy consisting of at least two prophylactic
pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or intraoperatively |