COMPLICATIONS AT ST JOSEPH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Critical Access Hospital in Murphysboro, IL 62966
Complications
ST JOSEPH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
2 South Hospital Drive Murphysboro, IL 62966
Phone: (618) 684-3156
The complication measures at St Joseph Memorial Hospital 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 | 3.269 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. |