• Quality and Safety
• Patient Experience & Satisfaction
• Publicly Reported Quality Measures
• Specific Clinical Service Volumes & Outcomes
• Breast Cancer Care at BIDMC
• Gastroenterology Care
• Radiology and Imaging Care
• Cardiovascular Care
• Heart Care
• Stroke Care at BIDMC
• Pneumonia Care
• Surgical Care and Infection Prevention
  • Prevention of Post-Surgical Infections
  • Surgical Site Infection Outcomes in Hip Replacement
  • Surgical Site Infection Prevention Outcomes - Knee Replacement Surgery
  • Surgical Site Infection Prevention "Bundle"
• Orthopaedic Care
• Weight Loss Surgery Care
• Pancreatic Surgery Care
• Transplant Care
• Spine Center Care
• Volume of Common Procedures
• Efforts to Improve Quality of Care
• Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety

Surgical Care and Infection Prevention

When you need surgery, you want assurance that you will be receiving the best possible care. One way to assess that is to confirm that you are getting all of the recommended care for your condition - that is, care that is scientifically proven to be associated with good results. 

For more information about each measure and its benchmark, click on the measure name.

Surgical Care: Infection Prevention Performance Summary

Surgical Care: Infection Prevention Outcomes Summary

¹The source of the comparison for these measures is Hospital Compare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, January 2013.  The data reported for this set of measures are drawn from a representative sample of patients rather than all surgical patients.
² BIDMC performance is drawn from internal reporting systems, and reflects data reported to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) on a quarterly basis.
³ The source of the comparison for these measures is drawn from internal benchmarks that BIDMC has established, and is based upon hospital performance data reported regulatory agencies.

Last updated: January 17, 2013