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Surgical Care |
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Percent of surgery patients... |
LVH-CC |
LVH-M |
U.S. Average |
PA Average |
Who received antibiotics within one hour before surgery, or within two hours if the antibiotic was vancomycin.
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96.6% |
95.2% |
82% |
83% |
Who received antibiotics consistent with recommendations of specific surgery.
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97.7% |
97.9% |
90% |
92% |
Who were taken off antibiotics within 24 hours after surgery, or within 48 hours after heart surgery.
|
95.3.% |
87.7% |
78% |
76% |
Who had recommended treatments to prevent venous thromboembolism ordered.
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97.9% |
96.2% |
79%* |
85%* |
Who received appropriate venous thromboembolism preventive treatments within 24 hours before to 24 hours after surgery.
|
94.5% |
90.7% |
75%* |
81%* |
Key
Green = Our results exceed the U.S. average
LVH-CC = Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest
LVH-M = Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg |
LVH data from January 2007 through December 2007
U.S. and PA data from hospitalcompare.hhs.gov, July 2006 through June 2007 (most current data available)
* = U.S. and PA data from January 2007 through June 2007 (most current data available)
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