Patient Safety Indicators Technical Specifications Updates - Version 6.0, September

• Updated Patient Safety Indicators Technical Specifications, Version 6.0 (Zip File)
  • PSI 02 Death Rate in Low-Mortality Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs)
  • PSI 03 Pressure Ulcer Rate
  • PSI 04 Death Rate among Surgical Inpatients with Serious Treatable Conditions
  • PSI 05 Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count
  • PSI 06 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate
  • PSI 07 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection Rate
  • PSI 08 Postoperative Hip Fracture Rate
  • PSI 09 Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma Rate
  • PSI 10 Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis
  • PSI 11 Postoperative Respiratory Failure Rate
  • PSI 12 Perioperative Pulmonary Embolism or Deep Vein Thrombosis Rate
  • PSI 13 Postoperative Sepsis Rate
  • PSI 14 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate
  • PSI 15 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate
  • PSI 16 Transfusion Reaction Count
  • PSI 17 Birth Trauma Rate – Injury to Neonate
  • PSI 18 Obstetric Trauma Rate – Vaginal Delivery With Instrument
  • PSI 19 Obstetric Trauma Rate-Vaginal Delivery Without Instrument
  • PSI 21 Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Rate
  • PSI 22 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate
  • PSI 23 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection Rate
  • PSI 24 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate
  • PSI 25 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate
  • PSI 26 Transfusion Reaction Rate
  • PSI 27 Postoperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma Rate
  • PSI 90 Patient Safety for Selected Indicators
  • PSI Appendices

Patient Safety Indicators Technical Specifications for SAS QI and WinQI v5.0 can be found here