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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 of 60 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. | |||||
| Coastal Carolina Medical Center (< 25) | 65% | -3.0% | 23 | -2 | 1 |
| Barnwell County Hospital (< 25) | 50% | +17.0% | 2 | -1 | 1 and 3 |
| Hampton Regional Medical Center (< 25) | 33% | +13.0% | 9 | +4 | 1 and 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 of 60 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. | |||||
| Abbeville Area Medical Center (< 25) | 100% | N/A | 7 | +7 | 1 and 3 |
| Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital | 100% | +1.0% | 257 | +7 | 2 |
| Patewood Memorial Hospital | 100% | 0.0% | 168 | +14 | 2 |
| Village Hospital (< 25) | 100% | N/A | 7 | N/A | 1 and 3 |
| Wallace Thomson Hospital | 100% | 0.0% | 26 | -3 | |
| Williamsburg Regional Hospital (< 25) | 100% | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 and 3 |
| Palmetto Health Richland | 99% | 0.0% | 1877 | -9 | 2 |
| Upstate Carolina Medical Center | 99% | 0.0% | 75 | -3 | 2 |
| Aiken Regional Medical Center | 98% | 0.0% | 626 | +2 | 2 |
| Hillcrest Memorial Hospital | 98% | +1.0% | 113 | -2 | 2 |
| Mary Black Memorial Hospital | 98% | +1.0% | 563 | +2 | |
| Palmetto Health Baptist | 98% | -1.0% | 931 | -32 | |
| Palmetto Health Baptist Easley | 98% | +1.0% | 236 | +13 | |
| Trident Medical Center | 98% | +1.0% | 590 | 0 | 2 |
| Waccamaw Community Hospital | 98% | +1.0% | 241 | -7 | 2 |
| Cannon Memorial Hospital | 97% | 0.0% | 35 | -1 | |
| Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center | 97% | +3.0% | 127 | -10 | 2 |
| Conway Medical Center | 97% | +2.0% | 209 | -3 | 2 |
| Greer Memorial Hospital | 97% | -1.0% | 156 | +30 | 2 |
| Marion County Medical Center | 97% | +7.0% | 71 | -12 | 2 |
| Roper Hospital | 97% | 0.0% | 529 | -2 | 2 |
| St Francis-Downtown | 97% | +2.0% | 451 | +9 | 2 |
| Colleton Medical Center | 96% | +3.0% | 106 | -6 | |
| Grand Strand Reg Med Center | 96% | -1.0% | 673 | -125 | 2 |
| Greenville Memorial Hospital | 96% | 0.0% | 368 | +2 | 2 |
| McLeod Medical Center - Dillon | 96% | +2.0% | 50 | +2 | 2 |
| Self Regional Healthcare | 96% | +2.0% | 635 | -8 | 2 |
| Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals | 96% | 0.0% | 456 | -13 | 2 |
| Springs Memorial Hospital | 96% | +2.0% | 116 | -12 | 2 |
| Hilton Head Regional Medical Center | 95% | +1.0% | 259 | +27 | 2 |
| Loris Community Hospital | 95% | 0.0% | 155 | +6 | |
| Marlboro Park Hospital (< 25) | 95% | +9.0% | 19 | -2 | 1 and 2 |
| McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee | 95% | -1.0% | 387 | -1 | 2 |
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.