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Public Reporting of Patient Safety Indicators |
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Surgical Site Infection |
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What does this indicator measure? |
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Beginning April 30, 2009, all Ontario hospitals that
perform hip and knee joint replacement surgeries, including Brockville
General Hospital, will publicly report their Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
prevention percentage on our website each quarter (every three
months). The goal is to ensure that one of the most important steps in
preventing SSIs is being used (i.e., ensuring that antibiotics are
administered at a certain time just before a hip or knee joint
replacement surgery). Studies have shown that antibiotic administration
just before a joint replacement is a good way to reduce the chance of
infection.
It’s important to note that hospitals are not
measuring actual surgical site infections. The SSI indicator will reveal
the percentage of all eligible patients who get antibiotics at the right
time, just before a joint replacement surgery. We are working toward
full compliance of this practice in every hip and knee joint replacement
surgery. |
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Brockville General Hospital |
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Indicator |
Reporting Period |
Rate |
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GSS |
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention |
Q3 - October to December 2011 |
98.88 |
n/a |
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention |
Q2 - July to September 2011 |
91.3 |
n/a |
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention |
Q1 - April to June 2011 |
98.9 |
n/a |
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention |
Q4 - January to March 2011 |
95.4 |
n/a |
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention |
Q3 - October to December 2010 |
97.18 |
n/a |
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention |
Q2 - July to September 2010 |
100 |
n/a |
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention |
Q1 - April to June 2010 |
98.73 |
n/a |
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention |
Q4 January - March 2010 |
96.67 |
n/a |
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention |
Q3
October - December 2009 |
95.12 |
n/a |
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention |
Q2
July - September 2009 |
97.37 |
n/a |
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention |
Q1
April-June 2009 |
97.5 |
n/a |
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