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We are measuring our most current data against data reported from www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov.

KEY: above average above average
average average
below average below average
no patients no patients
data from
March 2009-
April 2010
data July 2008 - June 2009
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
Surgical Infection Prevention
Valley West (most current)
Valley West
IL
US

above averagePercent of surgery patients who were given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection

Why is this important?
100%
96%
89%
91%

above averagePercent of surgery patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

Why is this important?
97%
93%
94%
95%

above averagePercent of surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)

Why is this important?
91%
88%
88%
90%
above averagePercent of surgery patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery, who had hair removed using a safer method (electric clippers or hair removal cream – not a razor)

Why is this important?
100%
100%
96%
97%
below averagePercent of surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries

Why is this important?

Opportunities for Improvement
76%
73%
87%
88%

below averagePercent of patients who got treatment at the right time (within 24 hours before or after their surgery) to help prevent blood clots after certain types of surgery

Why is this important?

Opportunities for Improvement
64%
67%
85%
86%

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