Surgical Infection Prevention | Quality Care | Kishwaukee Community Hospital

KEY: above average average below average no patients

We are measuring our most current data against data
reported from www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov.

data from
Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2011

data Oct. 2009 - Sept. 2010

Surgical Infection Prevention
Kish Hospital
(most current)

Kish Hospital

IL

US

Percent of surgery patients who were given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection

91%

93%

97%

97%

Percent of surgery patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

93%

91%

97%

97%

Percent of surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)

97%

95%

95%

95%

Percent of surgery patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery, who had hair removed using a safer method (electric clippers or hair removal cream – not a razor)

99%

99%

100%

100%

Percent of surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries

88%

91%

94%

94%

Percent of patients who got treatment at the right time (within 24 hours before or after their surgery) to help prevent blood clots after certain types of surgery

84%

85%

92%

93%

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KEY:	above average	average	below average	no patients
We are measuring our most current data against data reported from www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov.

	data from Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2011	data Oct. 2009 - Sept. 2010
Surgical Infection Prevention	Kish Hospital (most current)	Kish Hospital	IL	US
Percent of surgery patients who were given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection	91%	93%	97%	97%
Percent of surgery patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection	93%	91%	97%	97%
Percent of surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)	97%	95%	95%	95%
Percent of surgery patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery, who had hair removed using a safer method (electric clippers or hair removal cream – not a razor)	99%	99%	100%	100%
Percent of surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries	88%	91%	94%	94%
Percent of patients who got treatment at the right time (within 24 hours before or after their surgery) to help prevent blood clots after certain types of surgery	84%	85%	92%	93%