Quality | Surgical Infection Prevention

Surgical Infection Prevention

See how Brunswick Community Hospital is doing in some key areas related to preventing surgical infections.

A quality measure is medical information from patient records converted into a rate or percentage that shows how well hospitals care for their patients. You can use this quality information to help you compare hospitals.

Quality Measures

Percent of Surgery Patients Who Received Preventative Antibiotic(s) One Hour Before Incision

Percent of Surgery Patients Who Received the Appropriate Preventative Antibiotic(s) for Their Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients Whose Preventative Antibiotic(s) are Stopped Within 24 Hours After Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients Whose Doctors Ordered Treatments to Prevent Blood Clots (Venous Thromboembolism) For Certain Types of Surgeries

Percent of Surgery Patients Who Received Treatment to Prevent Blood Clots Within 24 Hours Before or After Selected Surgeries to Prevent Blood Clots

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