Table 7.
Oxygen provision quality indicators
| INDICATOR | 'Met in Full' | |
| There is a Long Term Oxygen Therapy (LTOT) assessment service. | 75% | 74/99 |
| There is screening in clinic of all patients with COPD to detect SaO2 <92%. | 71% | 70/99 |
| The LTOT assessment includes optimising oxygen flow to achieve a PaO2 of 8 kPa or greater using arterial blood gases. | 87% | 84/97 |
| The LTOT assessment uses a concentrator machine as the oxygen source. | 59% | 58/98 |
| For patients prescribed LTOT, follow-up arrangements are made as recommended by the BTS guidelines for home oxygen provision | 57% | 56/98 |
| There is a healthcare professional contact available to deal with queries from patients and carers concerning their oxygen therapy | 82% | 81/99 |
| Ambulatory oxygen is provided by the department for suitable patients. | 51% | 50/98 |
| There is screening for suitability for ambulatory oxygen, including SaO2 measurement, before referral for assessment. | 48% | 47/98 |
| For patient's prescribed ambulatory oxygen, follow-up arrangements are made as recommended by the BTS guidelines for home oxygen provision. | 44% | 41/94 |
| All patients receiving ambulatory oxygen receive education on how to use oxygen outside of the home. | 58% | 55/95 |
| Written information is provided to all patients receiving oxygen. | 66% | 65/98 |
| All hospital based oxygen prescriptions are routed through the Respiratory Department. | 58% | 57/98 |
| Short Burst Oxygen is provided by the department to suitable patients. | 73% | 72/98 |
| Patients are assessed for suitability before receiving Short Burst Oxygen. | 54% | 52/96 |
| Regular audits of oxygen prescribing are carried out. | 43% | 42/98 |
Percentage of the 100 NCROP sites providing oxygen in 2007 that said they 'met in full' these indicators (denominator = number of hospitals returning data)