NTASM 2018-2023 SNAPSHOT Audit numbers
410
Reported cases meeting NTASM criteria
This summary reports on cases from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2023.
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Note: Submission of incomplete data means denominators throughout this report occasionally differ.
Infections
10.5%
81.5%
Excluded terminal care cases (43/410)
54.3%
Completed cases (334/410)
Audit feedback downloaded by surgeons in 2022-2023 (25/46)
Risk profile
38.0%
Patients with clinically significant infection (126/332)
56.8%
43.2%
Patients with clinically significant infection – before admission (71/125)
Patients with clinically significant infection – during admission (54/125)
55.6%
Pneumonia - during admission (30/54)
25.9%
Intra-abdominal sepsis - during admission (14/54)
9.3%
Septicaemia - during admission (5/54)
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander patients
67
Overall median age (years) (IQR 54-78)
58.7%
41.3%
Male (196/334)
91.3%
Female (138/334)
Emergency (305/334)
8.7%
Elective (29/334)
56
86.8%
Median age (years) (IQR 46-66)
87.1%
67.1%
Comorbidities present (291/334)
Cardiovascular disease (194/289)
81.3%
DVT prophylaxis use (269/331)
Comorbidities (105/121)
88.4%
Patients who had an operation (107/121)
68.9%
CCU use (230/334)
Patients with clinically significant infection:
42.1% (51/121)
before admission: 68.6% (35/51)
14.0%
Patients with one or more clinical management issues (17/121)
Peer-review outcomes
Operations
13.8%
81.1%
Patients who had an operation (271/334)
59.1%
Operations performed by consultant surgeon (275/465)
19.9%
Unplanned returns to theatre (54/271)
21.9%
Postoperative complications (59/269)
Patients with one or more clinical management issue (46/334)
70
Number of clinical management issues (in 46 patients)
2.4%
Adverse events (8/334)
1.2%
Adverse events that caused death (4/334)
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0.6%
Definitely preventable adverse events that caused death (2/334)