Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2010B
| Data Element Name: | Emergency Transfusion Time |
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| Collected For: | |
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| Definition: | The time (military time) that the first unit of emergency blood was transfused. |
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| Suggested Data Collection Question: | What time was the first unit of emergency blood transfused? |
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| Format: | | Length: | 5 - HH:MM (with or without colon) or UTD |
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| Type: | Time |
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| Occurs: | 1 |
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| Allowable Values: |
Enter the documented time that the first unit of emergency blood was transfused.
HH = Hour (09-23)
MM = Minutes (00-59)
UTD = Uanble to Determine
INSERT CMS/TJC ALIGNED NOTES:
- Select the first Emergency Transfusion Time assocaited with the Emergency Transfusion and Emergency Transfusion Date if the patient had more than one transfusion administered emergently after hospital arrival.
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| Notes for Abstraction: | |
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| Suggested Data Sources: |
- Anesthesia record
- Blood administration form
- Emergency department record
- Nursing 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
- Acute hemoptysis
- Critical
- Emergency
- Exsanguination
- Hemorrhage
- Life-saving
- Massive bleeding
- Acute GI bleed
- STAT blood transfusion
- Actively bleeding
List is not all inclusive
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Routine |
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Emergency Transfusion Time
Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures (2010B)
Discharges 10-01-10 (4Q10) through 03-31-11 (1Q11)
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