Maryland 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.
Maryland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 of 45 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. | |||||
| Bon Secours Hospital | 75% | -2.0% | 60 | +7 | |
Maryland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 of 45 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. | |||||
| Edward McCready Memorial Hospital (< 25) | 100% | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| The Johns Hopkins Hospital | 98% | 0.0% | 1057 | +174 | 2 |
| Fort Washington Hospital | 97% | +2.0% | 116 | +9 | |
| Harbor Hospital | 97% | +1.0% | 682 | +6 | 2 |
| Mercy Medical Center Inc | 97% | 0.0% | 783 | -7 | 2 |
| Saint Mary's Hospital | 97% | 0.0% | 228 | -8 | 2 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | 96% | +1.0% | 801 | -64 | 2 |
| Montgomery General Hospital Inc | 96% | -1.0% | 274 | -33 | 2 |
| Saint Joseph Medical Center | 96% | +3.0% | 365 | +2 | 2 |
| Union Memorial Hospital | 96% | 0.0% | 1493 | +10 | 2 |
| Upper Chesapeake Medical Center | 96% | +1.0% | 452 | +1 | 2 |
| Washington County Hospital | 96% | 0.0% | 850 | -12 | |
| Civista Medical Center | 95% | +4.0% | 259 | +5 | |
| Southern Maryland Hospital Center | 95% | +3.0% | 369 | -18 | 2 |
| University of Maryland Medical Center | 95% | 0.0% | 705 | -5 | 2 |
All Maryland 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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