Elaborate your answer in 100 words Patient Safety Indicators Technical Specifica

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Patient Safety Indicators Technical Specifications Updates - Version v7.0 (ICD 10), September 2017 Updated Patient Safety Indicators Technical Specifications (PDF Format), Version 7.0 (Zip File) o PSI 02 Death Rate in Low-Mortality Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) o PSI 03 Pressure Ulcer Rate o PSI 04 Death Rate among Surgical Inpatients with Serious Treatable Conditions o PSI 05 Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count o PSI 06 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate o PSI 07 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection Rate o PSI 08 In Hospital Fall with Hip Fracture Rate o PSI 09 Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma Rate o PSI 10 Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis o PSI 11 Postoperative Respiratory Failure Rate o PSI 12 Perioperative Pulmonary Embolism or Deep Vein Thrombosis Rate o PSI 13 Postoperative Sepsis Rate o PSI 14 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate o PSI 15 Unrecognized Abdominopelvic Accidental Puncture/Laceration Rate o PSI 16 Transfusion Reaction Count o PSI 17 Birth Trauma Rate Injury to Neonate o PSI 18 Obstetric Trauma Rate - Vaginal Delivery With Instrument o PSI 19 Obstetric Trauma Rate-Vaginal Delivery Without Instrument o PSI 90 Patient Safety for Selected Indicators

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PSI 03 pressure ulcer rate:

It is common in 1 of 4 patients who got admitted in hospital eventhough considered preventable. it helps the caregiver to assess, monitor the patient harm in hospital settings periodically.

Family and caregivers role:

Involve the family members in making medical decisions, treatment and care.

Steps to be taken:

Assess the risk of getting pressure ulcer within 6 hours of patient admission to the hospital or nursing home

Skin assessment periodically for individuals in community health centers for risk assessment

Frequent positioning

Helps to the person who are unable to do positioning by themselves

Pressure beds

education on preventive measures

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