COMPLICATIONS AT GOV JUAN F LUIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CTR

Acute Care Hospital in St Croix, VI 00820

Complications

GOV JUAN F LUIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CTR
#4007 Est Diamond Ruby, Christiansted St Croix, VI 00820
Phone: (340) 778-6311

The complication measures at Gov Juan F Luis Hospital & Medical Ctr 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
Catheter Urinary Tract Infections	0.851 Measure: Catheter Urinary Tract Infections Sample data was collected between 01/01/2015 and 03/31/2015	No Different than National Benchmark of 1 Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards This measure compares the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections to a national benchmark. A catheter is a drainage tube inserted into a patient’s urinary bladder to collect urine while a patient is immobile or incontinent. When a catheter is not put in correctly or kept clean, or left in place for long periods of time, germs could enter the body and cause serious infections in the urinary tract. A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in CAUTIs is best.
Catheter Urinary Tract Infections in ICU Only	1.534 Measure: Catheter Urinary Tract Infections in ICU Only Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	No Different than National Benchmark of 1 Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) in ICUs only This measure compares the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections to a national benchmark. A catheter is a drainage tube inserted into a patient’s urinary bladder to collect urine while a patient is immobile or incontinent. When a catheter is not put in correctly or kept clean, or left in place for long periods of time, germs could enter the body and cause serious infections in the urinary tract. This measure includes data from ICU’s only. A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in CAUTIs is best.
Intestinal infections	0.199 Measure: Intestinal infections Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Better than the 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.