COMPLICATIONS AT KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO
Acute Care Hospital in San Leandro, CA 94577
Complications
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO
2500 Merced Street San Leandro, CA 94577
Phone: (510) 454-1000
The complication measures at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro 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.
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 |
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Bloodstream Infections | 0.000 Measure: Bloodstream Infections Sample data was collected between 01/01/2015 and 03/31/2015 | No Different than National Benchmark of 1 Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in CLABSIs is best. |
Bloodstream Infections in ICU Only | 0.000 Measure: Bloodstream Infections in ICU Only Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015 | No Different than National Benchmark of 1 Central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs only A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in CLABSIs is best. |
Catheter Urinary Tract Infections | 1.536 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 A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in CAUTIs is best. |
Intestinal infections | 1.825 Measure: Intestinal infections Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015 | Worse than the National Benchmark of 1 Clostridium difficile (C.diff.) Laboratory-identified Events (Intestinal infections) A lower number is better better. A score of zero is best. |
- [3] Results are based on a shorter time period than required.
- [8] The lower limit of the confidence interval cannot be calculated if the number of observed infections equals zero.