Surgery

These indicators include various complication rates and death rates, and they summarize how well we follow recommended surgical practices. We also show the number of surgical procedures performed for certain high-risk procedures. Data for cardiovascular procedures are in a separate section.

better than U.S. average < 1%

near U.S. average within 1%

worse than U.S. average > 1%

# = too few eligible cases to calculate a reliable statistic blank = does not apply NA = non-applicable NP = no patients * = according to Hospital Compare we show a quality cross if a hospital has the best score possible

	Desired Performance	UCMC 4Q 11	HMH 4Q 11	Maryland* 2Q 10 - 1Q 11	U.S.*
All inpatients with selected surgical procedures
meeting overall applic. infection prevention indicators	high	%	%
given preop. antibiotic on time	high	98.3%	76.9%	96%	97%
given recommended preop. antibiotic	high	98.4%	84.6%	98%	98%
with antibiotic discontinued on time	high	98.2%	100%	96%	96%
Percent of surgical inpatients given preop. antibiotic on time
hip surgical inpatients	high	97%	#	*	*
knee surgical inpatients	high	98.2%	60%	*	*
colon surgical inpatients	high	100%	#	*	*
hysterectomy surgical inpatients	high	100%	NP	*	*
vascular surgical inpatients	high	100%	NP	*	*
Percent of surgical inpatients given the antibiotic recommended as best practice
hip surgical inpatients	high	100%	#	*	*
knee surgical inpatients	high	98.2%	80%	*	*
colon surgical inpatients	high	92.9%	#	*	*
hysterectomy surgical inpatients	high	100%	NP	*	*
vascular surgical inpatients	high	100%	NP	*	*
Percent of surgical inpatients with antibiotic discontinued on time
hip surgical inpatients	high	100%	#	*	*
knee surgical inpatients	high	100%	100%	*	*
colon surgical inpatients	high	80%	#	*	*
hysterectomy surgical inpatients	high	100%	NP	*	*
vascular surgical inpatients	high	100%	NP	*	*
Percent of selected surgical inpatients
cardiac surg. w/controlled 6am post-op serum glucose	high	NA	NA
w/approp. method of surg. site hair removal	high	100%	100%	100%	100%
Urinary catheter removed on POD1 or POD2	high	97.3%	92.9%	92%	92%
Surgery patients with Perioperative Temperature Management.	high	100%	100%	99%	99%
pt. on beta blocker who received it during periop period	high	93.5%	#	93%	95%
with recommended blood clot prevention measures ordered	high	99.3%	100%	93%	95%
with recommended blood clot prevention measures given	high	99.3%	94.4%	91%	94%

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