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Performance by Category—
Surgical Infection

Treatment to prevent blood clots received within 24 hours of surgery:
Group results
Percentage of eligible surgery patients who received treatment to prevent blood clots within 24 hours before or after selected surgeries to prevent blood clots. (January 2007 – March 2007 data).

The types of surgery that are currently measured for use of preventive antibiotics at Saint Alphonsus are: coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), cardiac valves and other cardiac procedures, hip replacement, knee replacement, colon, abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy and vascular surgery.

Treatment to prevent blood clots received within 24 hours of surgery:
Our results over time

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