Patient Safety Curriculum Module 8: Methods for Measuring ...

Global Trigger Tool• The IHI Global Trigger Tool contains six “modules,” or groupings oftriggers. Four of the groupings are designed to reflect adverse eventsthat commonly occur in a particular unit; the Cares and Medicationgroupings are designed to reflect adverse events that can occuranywhere in the hospital. The six modules are:• Cares• Intensive Care• Medication• Surgical• Perinatal• Emergency Department• All patient records should be reviewed for the triggers in the Cares andMedication modules. The other modules should only be used ifapplicable; for example, the Intensive Care module should be usedwhen reviewing a record for a patient who spent any part of the hospitalstay in an intensive care unit.36NPSF Professional Learning Series