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Performance by Category—Surgical Infection Prevention
The risk of wound infection after surgery can significantly be reduced by making sure patients get the right medications at the right time on the day of their surgery.
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care that experts agree is the best treatment for each condition.
Data: Fourth Quarter 2009 through Third Quarter 2010
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| What is Surgical Infection Prevention? | SARMC |
Trinity
Health |
Top 10% | State Average |
U.S. Average |
| Use
of preventive antibiotic before surgery: % of eligible patients getting preventive antibiotics within one hour of the start of surgery. |
99% | 98% |
100% | 96% | 97% |
| Use
of appropriate preventive antibiotics: % of eligible patients getting the recommended preventive antibiotic before surgery. |
99% | 98% |
100% | 97% | 97% |
| Use
of preventive antibiotics after surgery: % of eligible patients whose preventive antibiotics are stopped within the recommended amount of time after surgery is completed. |
96% | 97% |
100% | 93% | 95% |
| Cardiac
Surgery Patients With Controlled 6 A.M. Postoperative Blood Glucose: % of eligible cardiac surgery patients whose blood glucose was controlled near 6 A.M. on day one and day two postoperatively. (January 2008 – June 2008 data) |
99% | 97% |
99% | 96% | 94% |
| Surgery
Patients with Appropriate Hair Removal: % of eligible surgery patients with appropriate (removal with clippers, depilatory, or none at all) surgical site hair removal. (January 2008 – June 2008 data) |
100% | 100% |
100% | 99% | 100% |
| Urinary Catheter Removed on Post-op day 1 or Post-op day 2: % of eligible surgery patients with Urinary Catheter Removed on Post-op day 1 or Post-op day 2. |
96% | 94% |
100% | 88% | 91% |
| Perioperative Temperature Management: % of eligible surgery patients with Perioperative Temperature Management. |
99% | N/A |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Surgery Patients on Beta-blocker therapy prior to admission who received a beta-blocker during the perioperative period: % of eligible surgery patients that were on beta-blocker therapy prior to arrival who received a beta-blocker in the period of 24 hours prior to incision through discharge from the surgical recovery area. |
91% | 95% |
100% | 90% | 93% |
| Treatment
to prevent blood clots ordered: % of eligible surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots for certain types of surgeries. |
89% | 96% |
100% | 94% | 94% |
| Treatment
to prevent blood clots received within 24 hours of surgery: % of eligible surgery patients who received treatment to prevent blood clots within 24 hours before or after selected surgeries to prevent blood clots. |
89% | 94% |
100% | 91% | 93% |
| Outpatient surgery: Timing of Antibiotic Prophylaxis (Prophylactic Antibiotic Initiated Within One Hour Prior to Surgical Incision: % of eligible outpatients getting preventive antibiotics within one hour of the start of surgery. |
97% | 97% |
100% | 91% | 93% |
| Outpatient surgery: Prophylactic Antibiotic Selection for Surgical Patients: % of eligible outpatients getting the recommended preventive antibiotic before surgery. |
97% | 97% |
100% | 95% | 94% |
