May 21, 2021

If a patient did not have a prior head surgery and while in the hospital fell and struck his head resulting in an unplanned or visit for evacuation do you pick this event up as an unplanned visit to the OR?

In this situation you would enter unplanned visit to OR. PTOS aligns with the NTDB/TQIP for this Hospital Event. The NTDB has addressed within their FAQ’s that iatrogenic injuries are not excluded within this definition.

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