April 5, 2022

If I have a PTOS patient who has a fall while they are admitted I know we are not picking up the injuries from that fall. I also do not pick up any of the related consults. If that patient gets an injury during that fall- say a broken wrist. Ortho ends up taking them to the OR to fix the wrist. Do you want that OR picked up as an unplanned OR event for the patient? Or NO because it was related to the inpatient fall?

There is no exclusion within the definition for the Hospital Event Unplanned Visit to the Operating Room for these situations. Therefore, I recommend you capture the hospital event in the registry.

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