Rate of Cardiopulmonary Arrests Outside Critical Care Areas

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Indicator No

NSR-IND-003

Domain

Patient Safety

Indicator Name

Rate of Cardiopulmonary Arrests Outside Critical Care Areas

Operational Definition

Rate of cardiopulmonary arrests outside critical care area per 1000 inpatient days.

Department Involved

All inpatient departments.

Formula

Numerator

No of cardiopulmonary arrests occurs outside critical care areas.

Inclusion

 - Cardiopulmonary arrests outside critical care areas.
 - All inpatients: neonate, pediatric and adult.

Exclusion

 - Cardiopulmonary arrests occurred in OR, ICU (critical care wards) and ER.
 - Cardiopulmonary arrests occurred in outpatients or visitors.

Denominator

inpatient days per thousand

Inclusion

All

Exclusion

None

Equation

x=(No of cardiopul. arrests occurs outside critical care areas)/inpatient days  ꓫ 1000

Rational

Ensuring Patient Safety, as decreasing the rate of cardiopulmonary arrests indicates the effectiveness of early detection and intervention of deteriorating patients.

Type of Measure

Outcome

Area of Monitoring

Clinical

Data Source

Code Blue logbook

Sampling technique

Total population

Frequency

Monthly

Sample size

Total population

Date of reporting

10th day of every month

Target

To be determined

Calculated as

Rate

Benchmark

Data Collection Methodology

Retrospective

Data Collection Responsible staff

Quality department

Data Analysis Methodology

To be determined

Data Analysis Responsible staff

 Quality department

Dissemination of report

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