MEASURE DESCRIPTION:
Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, undergoing elective total joint arthroplasty who were screened for anemia preoperatively AND, if positive, have documentation that one or more of the following management strategies were used prior to PACU discharge.
Management strategies include one or more of the following:
- Cell salvage techniques employed intraoperatively
- Intraoperative antifibrinolytic therapy or tourniquet, if not contraindicated
- Preoperative iron supplementation, epoetin alpha
- Use of evidence-based preoperative anemia management algorithm supplemented with laboratory testing and/or multidisciplinary consult
MEASURE ID:
AQI 72
COLLECTION TYPE:
QCDR Measure
HIGH PRIORITY STATUS:
Yes
MEASURE TYPE:
Process
BENCHMARK:
Yes
BENCHMARK TYPE:
Historical
TOPPED OUT:
Yes
SEVEN POINT CAP:
Yes
AVERAGE PERFORMANCE RATE:
99.38
DECILE RANGE: