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Meicare Hospital Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures Graph Page 1 of 9 http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/graphs/hospital Graph.aspx?hi=160064&stype=G.

antibiotic at the right time within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better) The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March 2011.

Meical research shows that surgery patients who get antibiotics within the hour before their surgery are less likely to get woun infections.

1 Meicare Hospital Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures Graph Page 1 of 9 Graph.aspx?hi=160064&stype=G... 04/27/2012 Return to previous page Hospital Process of Care Measures Graphs Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures Graph 1 of 12 Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better) The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a rate or better. Hospitals can prevent surgical woun infections. Meical research shows that surgery patients who get antibiotics within the hour before their surgery are less likely to get woun infections. The timing is important: getting an antibiotic earlier, or after surgery begins, is not as effective. Hospital staff shoul make sure patients get antibiotics at the right time. Graph 2 of 12 Outpatients having surgery who got the right kin of antibiotic (higher numbers are better) The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March 2011.

2 Meicare Hospital Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures Graph Page 2 of 9 Graph.aspx?hi=160064&stype=G... 04/27/2012 represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a rate or better. Hospitals can prevent surgical woun infections. Meical research has shown that certain antibiotics work better to prevent woun infections for certain types of surgery. Hospital staff shoul make sure patients get the antibiotic that works best for their type of surgery. Graph 3 of 12 Surgery patients who were taking heart rugs calle beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on the beta blockers uring the perio just before an after their surgery The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a rate or better.

3 Meicare Hospital Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures Graph Page 3 of 9 Graph.aspx?hi=160064&stype=G... 04/27/2012 It is often stanar proceure to stop patients' usual meications for awhile before an after their surgery. But if patients who have been taking beta blockers suenly stop taking them, they can have heart problems such as a fast heart beat. For these patients, staying on beta blockers before an after surgery makes it less likely that they will have heart problems. Graph 4 of 12 Surgery patients who were given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a rate or better. Surgical woun infections can be prevente. Meical research shows that surgery patients who get antibiotics within the hour before their surgery are less likely to get woun infections. Getting an antibiotic earlier, or after surgery begins, is not as effective. Hospital staff shoul make sure surgery patients get antibiotics at the right time. Graph 5 of 12 Surgery patients who were given the right kin of antibiotic to help prevent infection The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March 2011.

4 Meicare Hospital Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures Graph Page 4 of 9 Graph.aspx?hi=160064&stype=G... 04/27/2012 represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a rate or better. Surgical woun infections can be prevente. Meical research has shown that certain antibiotics work better to prevent woun infections for certain types of surgery. Hospital staff shoul make sure patients get the antibiotic that works best for their type of surgery. Graph 6 of 12 Surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stoppe at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery) The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a rate or better. Antibiotics are often given to patients before surgery to prevent infection. Taking these antibiotics for more than 24 hours after routine surgery is usually not necessary. Continuing the meication longer than necessary can increase the risk of sie effects such as stomach aches an serious types of iarrhea. Also, when antibiotics are use for too long, patients can evelop resistance to them an the antibiotics won t

5 Meicare Hospital Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures Graph Page 5 of 9 Graph.aspx?hi=160064&stype=G... 04/27/2012 work as well. Graph 7 of 12 Heart surgery patients whose bloo sugar (bloo glucose) is kept uner goo control in the ays right after surgery The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March % represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a 99% rate or better. Even if heart surgery patients o not have iabetes, keeping their bloo sugar uner goo control after surgery lowers the risk of infection an other problems. ""Uner goo control"" means their bloo sugar shoul be 200 mg/l or less when checke first thing in the morning. Graph 8 of 12 Surgery patients neeing hair remove from the surgical area before surgery, who ha hair remove using a safer metho (electric clippers or hair removal cream not a razor) The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March 2011.

6 Meicare Hospital Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures Graph Page 6 of 9 Graph.aspx?hi=160064&stype=G... 04/27/2012 represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a rate or better. Preparing a patient for surgery may inclue removing boy hair from skin in the area where the surgery will be one. Meical research has shown that shaving with a razor can increase the risk of infection. It is safer to use electric clippers or hair removal cream. Graph 9 of 12 Surgery patients whose urinary catheters were remove on the first or secon ay after surgery. The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a rate or better. Sometimes surgical patients nee to have a urinary catheter, or thin tube, inserte into their blaer to help rain the urine. Catheters are usually attache to a bag that collects the urine.

7 Meicare Hospital Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures Graph Page 7 of 9 Graph.aspx?hi=160064&stype=G... 04/27/2012 Surgery patients can evelop infections when urinary catheters are left in place too long after surgery. Infections are angerous for patients, cause longer hospital stays, an increase costs. This shows the percent of surgery patients whose urinary catheters were remove on the first or secon ay after surgery. Research shows that most surgery patients shoul have their urinary catheters remove within 2 ays after surgery to help prevent infection. Graph 10 of 12 Patients having surgery who were actively warme in the operating room or whose boy temperature was near normal by the en of surgery. The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a rate or better. Hospitals can prevent surgical woun infections an other complications by keeping the patient s boy temperature near normal uring surgery. Meical research has shown that patients whose boy temperatures rop uring surgery have a greater risk of infection an their wouns may not heal as quickly. Hospital staff shoul make sure that patients are actively warme uring an immeiately after surgery to prevent rops in boy temperature. This measure shows the percent of patients whose boy temperature was normal or near normal uring the time perio 15 minutes before the en of surgery to 30 minutes after anesthesia ene. Graph 11 of 12 Surgery patients whose octors orere treatments to prevent bloo clots after certain types of surgeries The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March 2011.

8 Meicare Hospital Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures Graph Page 8 of 9 Graph.aspx?hi=160064&stype=G... 04/27/2012 represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a rate or better. Certain surgeries increase the risk that the patient will evelop a bloo clot (venous thromboembolism). When patients stay still for a long time after some types of surgery, they are more likely to evelop a bloo clot in the veins of the legs, thighs, or pelvis. A bloo clot slows own the flow of bloo, causing swelling, reness, an pain. A bloo clot can also break off an travel to other parts of the boy. If the bloo clot gets into the lung, it is a serious problem that can cause eath. To help prevent bloo clots from forming after surgery, octors can orer treatments to be use just before or after the surgery. These inclue bloo thinning meications, elastic support stockings, or mechanical air stockings that help with bloo flow in the legs. Graph 12 of 12 Patients who got treatment at the right time (within 24 hours before or after their surgery) to help prevent bloo clots after certain types of surgery The rates isplaye in this graph are from ata reporte for ischarges April 2010 through March represents the top 10% of hospitals nationwie. Top hospitals achieve a rate or better.

9 Meicare Hospital Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures Graph Page 9 of 9 Graph.aspx?hi=160064&stype=G... 04/27/2012 Many factors influence a surgery patient s risk of eveloping a bloo clot, incluing the type of surgery. When patients stay still for a long time after some types of surgery, they are more likely to evelop a bloo clot in the veins of the legs, thighs, or pelvis. A bloo clot slows own the flow of bloo, causing swelling, reness, an pain. A bloo clot can also break off an travel to other parts of the boy. If the bloo clot gets into the lung, it is a serious problem that can sometimes cause eath. Treatments to help prevent bloo clots from forming after surgery inclue bloo thinning meications, elastic support stockings, or mechanical air stockings that help with bloo flow in the legs. These treatments nee to be starte at the right time, which is typically uring the perio that begins 24 hours before surgery an ens 24 hours after surgery. Data Last Upate: April 19, 2012 Return to previous page 9

DeKalb Medical Hillandale Quality Measures for Surgical Care Improvement Project September 2011

DeKalb Medical Hillandale Quality Measures for Surgical Care Improvement Project September 2011 Why does this matter? Surgical wound infections can be prevented. Medical research shows that surgery patients