Antibiotic Selection for Surgical Patients - Outpatient

There are certain antibiotics recommended to prevent infection, a complication of surgery. This measure reports the percentage of eligible patients who received the antibiotics recommended for their type of surgery.

Hospitals can prevent surgical wound infections. Medical research shows that certain antibiotics work better to prevent wound infections for certain types of surgery. Hospital staff strives to ensure patients receive the antibiotic that works best for their type of surgery.

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

At SBUH, 96% of a sample of 397 eligible surgical patients received the appropriate antibiotics before their surgery.

A high score is better than a low score.

	The SBUH 2009-2010 score is for the period October 2009 to September 2010.
	The New York State average score summarizes the average of health care organizations throughout New York State reporting to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the period October 2009 to September 2010.
	The U.S. average score summarizes the average of health care organizations throughout the United States reporting to CMS for the period October 2009 to September 2010.
	Top 10% score summarizes results from the best 10% of health care organizations reporting to CMS for the period October 2009 to September 2010.

See our results over time

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