Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2010B
| Data Element Name: | Emergency Transfusion |
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| Collected For: | |
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| Definition: | Documentation by the physician/advance practice nurse/physician assistant (physician/APN/PA) that the patient received blood emergently. |
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| Suggested Data Collection Question: | Was there documentation that the patient received blood emergently? |
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| Format: | | Length: | 1 |
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| Type: | Alphanumeric |
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| Occurs: | 1 |
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| Allowable Values: |
1 There was documentation that the patient received blood emergently.
2 There was documentation that the patient only received blood emergently.
3 There was no documentation that the patient received blood emergently or unable to determine from medical record documentation.
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| Notes for Abstraction: |
- Documentation written post transfusion is acceptable.
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| Suggested Data Sources: |
ONLY PHYSICIAN/APN/PA DOCUMENTATION:
- Anesthesia record
- Emergency department record
- Operating room notes
- Operative notes
- Operative report
- Progress notes
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| Additional Notes: |
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| Guidelines for Abstraction: |
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| Inclusion | Exclusion | |
Acceptable “emergently” terms:
- Acute bleeding
- Massive bleeding
- Acute hemoptysis
- Acute GI bleed
- Critical
- STAT blood transfusion
- Exsanguination
- Hemorrhage
- Life-saving
- Massive bleeding
- Acute GI bleed
- STAT blood transfusion
- Active bleeding
List is not all inclusive
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Emergency Transfusion
Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures (2010B)
Discharges 10-01-10 (4Q10) through 03-31-11 (1Q11)
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