NSW Health WSLHD Safety & Quality Account 2020-21

Review of Performance Indicators 2022-2023 Hospital Acquired Complications (HAC) A Hospital Acquired Complications (HAC) is a complication or cause of injury/ infection which occurs during hospitalisation. WSLHD continuously monitors our rates of complication so we can learn from these and make changes to the way we deliver care to improve patient outcomes. How to read this table: The table provided reflects WSLHD Hospital Acquired Complication performance between July 2022 to June 2023. NSW Ministry of Health establishes an annual ‘upper limit’ rate for Hospital Acquired Complications for each local health district. This is the expected rate of Hospital Acquired Complications based on a range of factors including clinical complexity. This is calculated per 10,000 episodes of care. The ‘actual’ rate is the rate of occurrence of a Hospital Acquired Complication calculated per 10,000 episodes of care for all WSLHD facilities between July 2022-June 2023.

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The green line represents the WSLHD upper limit for 2021-2022 The blue line represents the monthly rate per 10,000 episodes of care

Hospital Acquired Complication

Target per 10,000 episodes of care set by NSW Health

Measure

Performance Rate (per 10,000 episodes of care)

Target (per 10,000 episodes of care)

Performance/Trend Green line = WSLHD Upper Limit Blue line = WSLHD performance per month

Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries Pressure injuries are damage to skin or soft tissue as a result of pressure or friction. We measure the rate we can develop strategies to stop them occurring.

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4.8

15

10

5

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Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul

Monthly performance, measured against upper limit

Performance rate of all WSLHD facilities per 10,000 episodes of care

Definition of Hospital Acquired Complication

Safety & Quality Account 2022-2023 Western Sydney Local Health District

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