NQF Perinatal Measures 2008

There are 9 obstetric measures:

Measure Number and Title  (IP Owner)   Measure Description

PN-007-07  Elective Delivery Prior to 39 Completed Weeks Gestation (HCA - St. Marks Perinatal Center)    All singletons delivered at term (> or equal to 37 completed weeks gestation) that are electively delivered prior to 39 completed weeks gestation.

PN-013-07   Incidence of Episiotomy (Christiana Care Health Services/NPIC)   Number of vaginal deliveries with episiotomy procedures performed.

PN-010-07  Cesarean Rate for Low-Risk First Birth Women (California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative)   Proportion of livebirths born at or beyond 37.0 weeks gestation to women having their first delivery, that are singleton (no twins or beyond) and vertex presentation (no breech or transverse positions) that had a cesarean birth.

PN-011-07    Prophylactic Antibiotic in C-Section (Massachusetts General Hospital)   All women undergoing cesarean section without evidence of prior infection or already receiving prophylactic antibiotics for other reasons who received prophylactic antibiotics within one hour prior to surgical incision or at the time of delivery.

PN-006-07  Appropriate DVT Prophylaxis in Women Undergoing Cesarean Delivery (HCA - St. Marks Perinatal Center)   Women undergoing cesarean delivery who receive either fractionated or unfractionated heparin or pneumatic compression devices prior to surgery.

PN-002/019-07    Birth Trauma Rate measures (harmonized) (AHRQ/NPIC)   Number of infants with specific birth traumas.

PN-016-07   Appropriate Use of Antenatal Steroids (Providence St. Vincent's Hospital/CWISH)   Total number of mothers who delivered preterm infants (24-32 weeks with preterm premature rupture of membranes or 24-34 weeks with intact membranes) who received antenatal steroids at any time prior to delivery.

PN022-07   Infants Under 1500g Delivered at Appropriate Site (California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative)    The number per 1,000 livebirths weighing less than 1500g delivered at hospitals not appropriate for that size infant.

PN-021-07   Exclusive Breastfeeding at Hospital Discharge (California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative)   Livebirths not discharged from the NICU who were fed by "breast only" since birth.