Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2010B
| Data Element Name: | Transfusion Type |
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| Collected For: | |
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| Definition: | The type of blood product that was non-emergently transfused first after hospital arrival. |
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| Suggested Data Collection Question: | What type of blood product was transfused first? |
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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: |
Select the type of blood product that was non-emergently transfused first.
1 Red Blood Cells
2 Plasma
3 Platelets
4 None of the above or unable to determine from medical record documentation. |
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| Notes for Abstraction: |
- For the purposes of the BM measures, inpatient hospitalization includes the time of arrival to the emergency department (ED) or observation area until discharge from the inpatient setting.
- For blood products administered in the Emergency Department/observation area which was given prior to the inpatient admission, select the allowable value for the first blood product that was transfused non-emergently.
- For patients who received an emergency transfusion and a non-emergent transfusion, select the first non-emergent transfusion of plasma, platelets or RBCs to answer this data element.
- RBCs includes previously donated blood
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| Suggested Data Sources: |
Anesthesia record
Blood administration form
Consultation notes
Emergency department record
Operative report
Progress notes |
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| Additional Notes: |
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| Guidelines for Abstraction: |
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| Inclusion | Exclusion | |
None
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None |
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Transfusion Type
Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures (2010B)
Discharges 10-01-10 (4Q10) through 03-31-11 (1Q11)
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