ICU Acquired Sepsis

Number of Septic-Sepsis cases per 1000 ICU patient days

Indicators
Indicator:	ICU Acquired Sepsis
Created/Raw:	Created
Program:	Critical Care
Start Date:
End Date:
Reports:	Critical Care Program Quality Indicator Report, WRHA ICU Hospital-Acquired Conditions

• Cargo

• SMW:

• Categories

• Default form:

Used in aggregate form as "per location" and/or "per timeframe", e.g. by month/quarter/year x Ward/Unit x Hospital

QI domain

• Safe

Sepsis is a hospital acquired complication that is associated with poor patient outcomes and has multiple strategies to prevent its occurrence.

Sampling Plan / Procedure

100 % of all patients will be monitored for acquired Septic_Sepsis listed in the data sources below.

Inclusion Criteria

All

Exclusion Criteria

None

Frequency

• Recording the date the Sepsis occurred.
• Time Reference is calendar month, quarter or year.

Definition and Derivation

Number of Septic_Sepsis cases per 1000 ICU patient days

Numerator

Number of ICU Septic_Sepsis acquired cases

Denominator

Total Patient Days from Bed occupancy Definition1

Data Sources

• Starting 2019, Septic_Sepsis is part of the ICD10 collection with codes R57.2, R65.0, R65.1 under the Acquired Diagnosis / Complication.

1. Sepsis (SIRS due to infection, without acute organ failure)
2. Severe sepsis
3. Shock, septic

• Before 2019, Septic_Sepsis include Septic Shock (old code 44) and Severe Sepsis (old code 45) and saved in table L_Dxs

SAS Program

• The SAS program to get the Septic_Sepsis is X:\Julie\SAS_CFE\CFE_macros\Pre_ICD10_AcqDx.sas
• The SAS program to get the LOS is X:\Julie\SAS_CFE\CFE_macros\logphi.sas and (datetimes.sas or datetime_short.sas )

Report Users

Critical Care Directors, Critical Care Unit Managers and WRHA Outcome Improvement Team Committee

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