COMPLICATIONS AT CAMERON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC

Critical Access Hospital in Angola, IN 46703

Complications

CAMERON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC
416 E Maumee St Angola, IN 46703
Phone: (260) 665-2141

The complication measures at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital Inc provide information about the medical problems some inpatients might experience while admitted in the hospital. Admitted patients sometimes get other injuries, conditions or complications that may be life threatening. When hospitals follow best practices for treating patients, serious complications are often prevented.

The complication measures evaluate serious events such as healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and complications after certain surgical procedures.

Surgical Complications

The measures for surgical complications provide information about the problems developed by patients after having certain surgical procedures and how often those patients that were admitted with certain conditions died while they were in the hospital. These surgical complications can often be prevented if hospitals follow procedures based on best practices and scientific evidence.

Measure	Hospital Average	How this Hospital Compares
Complications for hip/knee replacement patients	Not Available Measure: Complications for hip/knee replacement patients Sample data was collected between 04/01/2011 and 03/31/2014	Number of Cases Too Small Percentage of complications for hip/knee replacement patients, some of the complications include: heart attack, infection, pneumonia, serious blood clots, wounds that split open or bleed after surgery, replacement hip/knee joints that don't work, etc. Higher rates of these serious complications might be a sign of lesser quality hospital care. ^[1]

Healthcare Associated Infections

The healthcare-associated infections (HAI) measures provide information on infections that happen while the patient is in the hospital. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects this information and encourages hospitals to use CDC-recommended infection control steps to prevent healthcare-associated infections.

Measure	Hospital Average	How this Hospital Compares
Intestinal infections	0.513 Measure: Intestinal infections Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	No Different than National Benchmark of 1 Clostridium difficile (C.diff.) Laboratory-identified Events (Intestinal infections) This measure compares the number of positive cases for Clostridium difficile on stool specimens tested four or more days after the patient entered the hospital to a national benchmark. Clostridium difficile (C. diff.) is a bacteria that causes inflammation of the colon and can cause severe diarrhea, fever, appetite loss, nausea, and abdominal pain. C. diff. can be prevented from being transmitted to patients by taking certain precautions: washing hands, using protective gloves and gowns, sterilizing equipment, covering the mouth, nose, and eyes and practicing responsible use of antibiotics. A lower number is better better. A score of zero is best.

Footnotes:

[1] The number of cases/patients is too few to report.