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INDICATOR NAME
Name
Percentage of surgical patients who developed a symptomatic urinary tract infection postoperatively 30 days after the principal operative procedure.
Alternate Name
Rates of postoperative Urinary Tract Infections
 
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description
This indicator measures the percentage of surgical patients who developed a symptomatic urinary tract infection postoperatively 30 days after the principal operative procedure. A lesser percentage is better. 
Indicator Status
Active
HQO Reporting tool/product
Public reporting
Dimension
Safe
Type
Outcome
 
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Percentage
Calculation Methods
Numerator divided by the denominator times 100
Numerator including inclusion/exclusion
Number of hospital patients who had a 1 or more cases of a urinary tract infection within 30 days postoperatively.      
Inclusions: Defined by ACS NSQIP 
Exclusions: Defined by ACS NSQIP 
Denominator including inclusion/exclusion
Total number of operative cases
 
Inclusions:  Defined by ACS NSQIP
Exclusions: Defined by ACS NSQIP
Data Source
ACS NSQIP
Data provided to HQO by
Local data collection
 
TAGS
Sector
Acute Care/Hospital
Type
Outcome
Topic
Patient Safety and Never Events
Dimension
Safe
Source
ACS NSQIP
 
PUBLISH
Publish Datetime
30/11/2017 13:55:00