DeKalb Memorial Hospital

Includes Data Measures July 2008 through June 2009

Surgical Infection Prevention	DeKalb Memorial Hospital	Ave of All Hospitals Reporting in the State	Ave of All Hospitals Reporting in the Nation
Percent of Surgical Patients Who Received Preventative Antibiotic(s) One Hour Before Incision if appropriate	90%	90%	91%
Percent of Surgery Patients Whose Preventative Antibiotic(s) are Stopped Within 24 hours if appropriate	97%	90%	90%
Percent of Surgery Patients who Received the Appropriate Preventative Antibiotic(s) for their Surgery	97%	95%	94%
Percent of 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.)	100%	98%	97%
Percent of Surgery Patients Who Received Treatment to Prevent Blood Clots Within 24 hrs Before or After Selected Surgeries.	92%	85%	86%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose Doctors Ordered Treatments to Prevent Blood Clots for Certain Types of Surgeries	98%	88%	88%
Percent of surgical 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%	87%	87%

Last Updated: April 1, 2010

Note: Should the scores on the Quality Indicators be 100 percent all the time? This is the goal strived for and many times achieved. However, at times it is important not to be 100 percent. For instance, if a person is allergic to the recommended antibiotic, one should not be given it. Another example is after discussing benefits, risks, and alternatives with the patient, the patient decides not to receive the recommended medicine or treatment. These examples would be reflected as a score lower than 100 percent.

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