Date of Publication:
JUN 2012
Associated Project:
Patient Safety MeasuresAbstract
Americans are exposed to more
preventable medical errors than patients in other industrialized nations;
medical errors within the U.S. healthcare system occur every day in the tens of
thousands and potentially hundreds of thousands. NQF’s Patient Safety Measures
project solicited measures to fill gap areas and to address
environment-specific issues with the highest potential leverage for
improvement. This final report combines all of the recommended patient safety
measures focusing specifically on healthcare-associated infections, urinary
tract infections, surgical site infections, bloodstream infections, and
radiation dosing.
