Surgical Care Improvement Project Process of Care Measures
Hospitals can reduce the risk of infection after surgery by making sure they provide care that’s known to get the best results for most patients. Here are some examples:
- Giving the recommended antibiotics at the right time before surgery
- Stopping the antibiotics within the right timeframe after surgery
- Maintaining the patient’s temperature and blood glucose (sugar) at normal levels
- Removing catheters that are used to drain the bladder in a timely manner after surgery
Hospitals can also reduce the risk of cardiac problems associated with surgery by:
- Making sure that certain prescription drugs are continued in the time before, during, and just after the surgery. This includes drugs used to control heart rhythms and blood pressure
- Giving drugs that prevent blood clots and using other methods such as special stockings that increase circulation in the legs
| Measure Description |
CRESTWOOD MEDICAL CENTER |
ALABAMA AVERAGE |
NATIONAL AVERAGE |
| Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better) |
98% |
95% |
93% |
| Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better) |
99% |
95% |
94% |
| Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on the beta blockers during the period just before and after their surgery |
100% 2 |
94% |
93% |
| Surgery patients who were given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection |
99% 2 |
97% |
97% |
| Surgery patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection |
99% 2 |
98% |
97% |
| Surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery) |
97% 2 |
95% |
95% |
| Heart surgery patients whose blood sugar (blood glucose) is kept under good control in the days right after surgery |
Not Available 2 |
94% |
94% |
| 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) |
99% 2 |
100% |
100% |
| Surgery patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery. |
84% 2, 3 |
92% |
91% |
| Surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries |
97% 2 |
94% |
94% |
| 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 |
90% 2 |
92% |
93% |
2 The hospital indicated that the data submitted for this measure were based on a sample of cases.
3 Data was collected during a shorter time period (fewer quarters) than the maximum possible time for this measure (One quarter equals three months.)