A recent report by the New York Department of Health shows the rate of surgical site infections fell by 15 percent from 2007-2010.
For this report, the department compiled 2010 data from 177 hospitals. The department began reporting on hospital-acquired infections in 2007 after the passage of Public Health Law 2819. Other significant findings from the Department of Health report include the following:
• The majority of the decrease was due to improvement in colon and coronary artery bypass graft SSI rates. There was no significant change in hip SSI rates.
• Unadjusted SSI rates were highest for colon surgery (4.9 percent), followed by CABG surgery (chest infections - 2.2 percent; donor site infections - 0.8 percent) and hip replacement surgery (1.1 percent).
• Dollar savings are estimated to be $7.9-$23.1 million for colon, CABG and hip replacement procedures since reporting began in 2007.
• Since 2007, there has been a 37 percent reduction in adult/pediatric and neonatal ICU central-line associated bloodstream infection rates in New York after adjusting for type of ICU and birth weight in NICUs.
• Hospital on-set C. difficile rates ranged from 0 to 21 per 10,000 patient days.
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For this report, the department compiled 2010 data from 177 hospitals. The department began reporting on hospital-acquired infections in 2007 after the passage of Public Health Law 2819. Other significant findings from the Department of Health report include the following:
• The majority of the decrease was due to improvement in colon and coronary artery bypass graft SSI rates. There was no significant change in hip SSI rates.
• Unadjusted SSI rates were highest for colon surgery (4.9 percent), followed by CABG surgery (chest infections - 2.2 percent; donor site infections - 0.8 percent) and hip replacement surgery (1.1 percent).
• Dollar savings are estimated to be $7.9-$23.1 million for colon, CABG and hip replacement procedures since reporting began in 2007.
• Since 2007, there has been a 37 percent reduction in adult/pediatric and neonatal ICU central-line associated bloodstream infection rates in New York after adjusting for type of ICU and birth weight in NICUs.
• Hospital on-set C. difficile rates ranged from 0 to 21 per 10,000 patient days.
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