COMPLICATIONS AT ST CHARLES PRINEVILLE
Critical Access Hospital in Prineville, OR 97754
Complications
ST CHARLES PRINEVILLE
384 Se Combs Flat Road Prineville, OR 97754
Phone: (541) 447-8426
The complication measures at St Charles Prineville 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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Intestinal infections | 0.803 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) A lower number is better better. A score of zero is best. |