Temperature Regulation: What is the Fuss?
in all activities of the ASC. As the infection preventionist, Director Of Nursing or administrator, you are well aware of the quality measures which CMS has identified for the 2020 payment year. That means we will be collecting data in 2018 and reporting in 2019. One of the identified quality measures is ASC-13: normothermia. The proposed measure will quantify the percentage of patients having surgical procedures under general or neuraxial anesthesia of 60 minutes or more in duration who are normothermic within 15 minutes of arrival in the post-anesthesia care unit.
Presented by: Robin Novak, RN, CIC - Director of Infection Prevention - Excellentia Advisory Group
Registered Nurse, Certified Infection Preventionist dedicated to disease prevention and high quality healthcare. Strong decision maker who understands the importance of patient, visitor and staff safety following evidence based best practices.
Driven and compassionate healthcare professional with 30 years hands-on experience in fast-paced ambulatory surgery center and hospital environments. Accountable and responsible with an additional focus on Quality Assurance Process Improvement. Robin has served as the SGNA Carolina Chapter President, involved in SGNA Practice Committee as well as a Regional Committee member for the past several years. Robin is a current member of Palmetto APIC as well as the national APIC. Robin has been employed at the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Spartanburg since 2004 and held roles of Endoscopy Nurse, Endoscopy Charge Nurse and currently the Quality Assurance Process Improvement Coordinator. Robin is currently employed as the Director of Infection Prevention for Excellentia Advisory Group.
DESCRIPTION: Patient safety is the over riding factor in all activities of the ASC. As the infection preventionist, Director Of Nursing or administrator, you are well aware of the quality measures which CMS has identified for the 2020 payment year. That means we will be collecting data in 2018 and reporting in 2019. One of the identified quality measures is ASC-13: normothermia. The proposed measure will quantify the percentage of patients having surgical procedures under general or neuraxial anesthesia of 60 minutes or more in duration who are normothermic within 15 minutes of arrival in the post-anesthesia care unit.
For those facilities with electronic medical records, this may be a less daunting task as your IT providers are sure to develop a resource to assist in the data collection processes. For those without EMR’s, the data collection will become a challenge. Has your facility looked at the resources available for the data collection? Have you determined how you will identify those patients with anesthesia lasting greater than or equal to 60 minutes? Have you established how you will meet the criteria of a temperature of 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit within 15 minutes of arrival to PACU?
Before we can explore this quality measure, we first need to understand and recognize the importance of temperature regulation.
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