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  • Postoperative bloodstream infections (BSI) pose a significant threat to patient safety.
  • Effective quality reporting programs are essential for identifying and mitigating infection risks.
  • Current national programs may have limitations in capturing comprehensive BSI root causes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the adequacy of national quality reporting programs in identifying root causes of postoperative bloodstream infections (BSI).
  • To compare the fault reporting capabilities of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and The Joint Commission (JC).

Main Methods:

  • A systematic literature review was conducted to identify relevant studies.
  • Fault tree analysis was employed to construct a model of BSI causality.
  • A fault tree was developed using data from 90 publications, encompassing 105 distinct faults.

Main Results:

  • The analysis revealed significant variation in the number of faults reported by NSQIP (14), CMS (5), and JC (3).
  • Only 4 faults were commonly reported across two or more programs.
  • Numerous contributing faults to postoperative BSI were identified, highlighting gaps in current reporting.

Conclusions:

  • National quality reporting programs demonstrate substantial variability in their ability to capture potential root causes of postoperative BSI.
  • Enhanced data collection is necessary to comprehensively identify BSI root causes.
  • Developing high-reliability improvement strategies for BSI prevention requires more robust data.