Surgery quality measure focus on the interventions that are used to prevent or minimize infections in surgical patients while they are in the hospital. |
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all heart surgery patients whose blood sugar (blood glucose) is kept under good control in the days right after surgery |
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patients who got treatment at the right time (within 24 hours before or after their surgery) to help prevent blood clots after certain types of surgery |
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surgery patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery, who had hair removed using a safer method (electric clippers or hair removal cream – not a razor) |
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surgery patients who were given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection |
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surgery patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection |
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surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries |
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surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery) |
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Report Date Range: 10/2007-09/2008