Alabama Hospital Compliance - Detail
Surgery Patients Who Were Given an Antibiotic Within One Hour Before Surgery to Help Prevent Infection
Giving patients antibiotics right before surgery helps to boost the patient's ability to fight off contamination during surgery that could lead to infection. Studies show that patients given antibiotics either more than one hour before or after the first surgical incision is made experience higher rates of infection compared to those who are given antibiotics within one hour before surgery begins.
Alabama Hospitals with Low Compliance for this Procedure
Low compliance describes hospitals that followed this infection prevention procedure 79 percent of the time or less. The compliance level of hospitals which report a small number of cases (fewer than 25) should not be regarded as reliably predicting performance; these hospitals are displayed in italics and include Note 1. "Patients" is the number of patients for which data was submitted. The change columns describe the change in compliance and the change in the number of patients as compared to the previous quarter. Click the hospital names to access detailed information. The chart below lists hospitals in order based on the number of patients sampled (hospitals serving the largest number of patients first). You can re-sort the table by clicking on the table headers.
| Hospital | Compliance | Change | Patients | Change | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 of 100 total surgical sites. | |||||
| [1] The number of cases is too small (fewer than 25) to reliably tell how well a hospital is performing. | |||||
| [2] The hospital indicated that the data submitted for this measure were based on a sample of cases. | |||||
| [3] Data was collected during a shorter time period (fewer quarters) than the maximum possible time for this measure (One quarter equals three months.) | |||||
| [4] Inaccurate information submitted and suppressed for one or more quarters. | |||||
| [5] No data is available from the hospital for this measure. | |||||
| Cooper Green Hospital | 75% | +8.0% | 134 | +2 | 2 |
| Prattville Baptist Hospital (< 25) | 71% | -4.0% | 7 | -1 | 1 and 2 |
| Medical Center Barbour | 62% | +2.0% | 29 | +4 | |
| Lakeland Community Hospital (< 25) | 60% | -7.0% | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| Northeast Alabama Regional Med Center | 57% | +9.0% | 521 | -30 | 2 |
| St Vincents Blount (< 25) | 56% | +6.0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan W Whitfield Mem Hosp Inc | 53% | +7.0% | 45 | -12 | 2 and 3 |
| Wiregrass Medical Center (< 25) | 50% | -3.0% | 14 | -1 | 1 and 2 |
| Cherokee Medical Center (< 25) | 0% | 0.0% | 2 | +1 | 1 and 2 |
Alabama Hospitals with High Compliance for this Procedure
High compliance describes hospitals that followed this infection prevention procedure 95 percent of the time or more. The compliance level of hospitals which report a small number of cases (fewer than 25) should not be regarded as reliably predicting performance; these hospitals are displayed in italics and include Note 1. "Patients" is the number of patients for which data was submitted. The change columns describe the change in compliance and the change in the number of patients as compared to the previous quarter. Click the hospital names to access detailed information. The chart below lists hospitals in order based on the number of patients sampled (hospitals serving the largest number of patients first). You can re-sort the table by clicking on the table headers.
| Hospital | Compliance | Change | Patients | Change | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 of 100 total surgical sites. | |||||
| [1] The number of cases is too small (fewer than 25) to reliably tell how well a hospital is performing. | |||||
| [2] The hospital indicated that the data submitted for this measure were based on a sample of cases. | |||||
| [3] Data was collected during a shorter time period (fewer quarters) than the maximum possible time for this measure (One quarter equals three months.) | |||||
| [4] Inaccurate information submitted and suppressed for one or more quarters. | |||||
| [5] No data is available from the hospital for this measure. | |||||
| Atmore Community Hospital (< 25) | 100% | N/A | 1 | +1 | 1, 2, and 3 |
| Chilton Medical Center (< 25) | 100% | 0.0% | 3 | +1 | 1, 2, and 3 |
| Citizens Baptist Medical Center | 100% | 0.0% | 65 | +13 | 2 |
| Crenshaw Community Hospital (< 25) | 100% | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 1 and 3 |
| Flowers Hospital | 100% | 0.0% | 1024 | -15 | |
| L V Stabler Memorial Hospital (< 25) | 100% | 0.0% | 6 | -5 | 1 and 2 |
| Monroe County Hospital (< 25) | 100% | 0.0% | 15 | -5 | 1 |
| Pickens County Medical Center (< 25) | 100% | 0.0% | 7 | -2 | 1 |
| Cullman Regional Medical Center | 99% | 0.0% | 406 | +33 | 2 |
| Dale Medical Center | 99% | 0.0% | 70 | -9 | |
| East Alabama Medical Center and Snf | 99% | 0.0% | 959 | -16 | |
| Medical Center Enterprise | 99% | 0.0% | 415 | +8 | |
| Andalusia Regional Hospital | 98% | -1.0% | 155 | +15 | |
| Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital | 98% | 0.0% | 658 | -120 | 2 |
| G H Lanier Memorial Hospital | 98% | +4.0% | 122 | -13 | |
| Gadsden Regional Medical Center | 98% | -1.0% | 627 | -68 | |
| Princeton Baptist Medical Center | 98% | +1.0% | 367 | +2 | 2 |
| Shelby Baptist Medical Center | 98% | +2.0% | 376 | -21 | 2 |
| Stringfellow Memorial Hospital | 98% | +13.0% | 66 | +7 | 2 |
| Thomas Hospital | 98% | -1.0% | 326 | -7 | 2 |
| Trinity Medical Center | 98% | 0.0% | 783 | -45 | |
| Baptist Medical Center South | 97% | +2.0% | 404 | -4 | 2 |
| Brookwood Medical Center | 97% | +1.0% | 668 | +44 | 2 |
| Decatur General Hospital | 97% | 0.0% | 304 | -12 | 2 |
| Dekalb Regional Medical Center | 97% | -1.0% | 144 | -2 | 2 |
| South Baldwin Regional Medical Center | 97% | -1.0% | 154 | -6 | 2 |
| Walker Baptist Medical Center | 97% | +2.0% | 277 | +5 | 2 |
| Woodland Medical Center | 97% | +3.0% | 61 | -8 | 2 |
| Baptist Medical Center East | 96% | +1.0% | 145 | -1 | 2 |
| Crestwood Medical Center | 96% | +3.0% | 245 | -57 | 2 |
| Northwest Medical Center | 96% | -1.0% | 100 | +4 | |
| Parkway Medical Center | 96% | -2.0% | 135 | +4 | 2 |
| Coosa Valley Medical Center | 95% | +2.0% | 141 | +4 | 2 |
| Infirmary West | 95% | -2.0% | 42 | +6 | 2 |
| Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc | 95% | 0.0% | 903 | -16 | 2 |
| Jacksonville Medical Center | 95% | 0.0% | 73 | -8 | |
| Marshall Medical Center North | 95% | +2.0% | 60 | -8 | |
| Marshall Medical Center South | 95% | -1.0% | 152 | +8 | 2 |
| Russell Medical Center | 95% | 0.0% | 136 | -14 | |
All Alabama Hospitals
This chart describes the infection prevention compliance rates for this procedure for all reporting hospitals in the state. This list also includes hospitals that did not submit any data to CMS for this procedure or do not have cause to perform this procedure. The compliance level of hospitals which report a small number of cases (fewer than 25) should not be regarded as reliably predicting performance; these hospitals are displayed in italics and include Note 1. "Patients" is the number of patients for which data was submitted. The change columns describe the change in compliance and the change in the number of patients as compared to the previous quarter. Click the hospital names to access detailed information and re-sort the table by clicking on the table headers.
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