Table 3

Final set of trigger tools

Trigger ruleTrigger type
Same-day surgery and subsequent emergency room visit ≤21 daysGlobal
Same-day surgery and unscheduled readmission to hospital ≤30 daysGlobal
Same-day surgery and unscheduled procedure (interventional radiological or urological or dental or cardiac or gastroenterological) or reoperation ≤30 daysGlobal
Scheduled same-day surgery and hospital length of stay >24 hGlobal
Same-day surgery and postoperative lower extremity Doppler ultrasound order entry and (ICD code for deep vein thrombosis or ICD code for pulmonary embolus) ≤30 daysSpecific
  • ICD, international classification of diseases.