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Quality and Patient Safety >> Quality Measures >> Surgical Site

Quality & Patient Safety

Surgical Site

Surgical Site Care at CMMC
Hospitals can reduce the risk of wound infection after surgery by making sure patients get the right medicines and treatment at the right time on the day of their surgery. These quality measures show some of the standards of care for surgical patients.

To help prevent a surgical infection it can be important to receive the dose of medicine just before the surgery starts. This gives a higher level of medicine in your blood stream.

Using the right kind of antibiotic (medicines) per a national guidelines can be important in preventing a surgical infection.

Antibiotics are usually not necessary for more then 24 hours after surgery

Controlling the glucose level in the blood after surgery is important to help prevent infections.

Using a medication or a leg compression device per national surgery guideliens can be important in preventing a blood clot from forming in a patients leg

Using the medication or leg compression device within 24 hours before surgery to 24 hours after surgery per national guidelines.

Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery, had hair removed using a safer method (electric clippers or hair removal cream - not a razor)


Preventative Antibiotic received within 1 hour before surgical incision if appropriate	High	98%	98%	100%	98%
Preventative Antibiotic used was appropriate for their surgery	High	98%	97%	100%	99%
Preventative antibiotic is stopped within 24 hrs after surgery if appropriate	High	96%	96%	100%	97%
Cardiac Surgery; glucose level controlled post op	High	97%	95%	99%	96%
Measures to prevent blood clot used	High	92%	92%	100%	97%
Preventative measures for blood clot used within 24 hours	High	90%	91%	100%	96%
Appropriate hair removal method used	High	100%	100%	100%	99%
6 month= Jun '10 - Dec '10, 12 month= Jan '10- Dec '10

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