Table 1.

Summary of potential quality indicator themes and measures

Themes	Measures
Dose prescription	High vs. low dose
Dose delivery	Percentage of prescribed dose delivered
Anticoagulation selection	Heparin vs. citrate vs. none
Anticoagulation monitoring	PTT monitoring, citrate monitoring
Anticoagulation complications	Bleeding, hypocalcaemia, incidence of HIT
Treatment interruption	Number of interruptions and duration of interruptions; time to establish new circuit
Catheter-related issues	Infections, bleeding, obstruction/thrombosis
Circuit-related issues	Filter clotting, pressure alarming

HIT heparin-induced thrombocytopenia