Charting the Safety and Quality of Health Care in Australia

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Charting the Safety and Quality of Health Care in Australia

Erratum

Please note that that the figures provided for pressure ulcers on pages 90 and 91 are inaccurate. The following text highlights the errors and provides the correct data.

Page 90

In the text section under the subheading “Findings”:

· The second dot point reads: “Patients with the most severe forms of pressure ulcer (stages 3 and 4) account for 4.6 per cent of patients occupying a hospital bed”. This figure should be 12.7 per cent.

· The third dot point reads: “Seventeen point nine per cent of patients occupying a hospital bed have acquired a pressure ulcer during their hospital stay”. This figure should be 67.6

per cent.

Page 91

In the text section under the heading “Pressure Ulcers”:

· The second sentence quotes stages 3 and 4 pressure ulcers as 4.6 per cent. This figure should be 12.7 per cent.

· The third sentence states that an “estimated 17.9 per cent of patients occupying a hospital bed have acquired a pressure ulcer during their hospital stay”. This figure should be 67.6

per cent.

In the graphical representation the “Severity of Ulcer by Highest Stage Ulcer” is quoted as:

· Stage 1 – 9.4 per cent. This figure should be 35.5 per cent.

· Stage 2 – 12.5 per cent. This figure should be 47.3 per cent.

· Stage 3 – 1.5 per cent. This figure should be 5.6 per cent.

· Stage 4 – 3.1 per cent. This figure should be 11.6 per cent.

In the graphical representation “Hospital Acquired” ulcers are quoted as:

· Hospital Acquired – 17.9 per cent. This figure should be 67.6 per cent.

· Present on Admission – 8.0 per cent. This figure should be 30.1 per cent.

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Source: Victorian Quality Council State-wide PUPPS 1 Report - 2003

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