COMPLICATIONS AT SAN LUKE'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
Acute Care Hospital in Ponce, PR 00733
Complications
SAN LUKE'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
Tito Castro Ave #917 Ponce, PR 00733
Phone: (787) 844-2080
The complication measures at San Luke's Memorial 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 |
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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 |
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Bloodstream Infections | 1.792 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 | 1.034 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 | 0.508 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. |
Catheter Urinary Tract Infections in ICU Only | 0.914 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 A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in CAUTIs is best. |
Intestinal infections | 0.329 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) A lower number is better better. A score of zero is best. |
- [1] The number of cases/patients is too few to report.