The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative has released an updated set of Iowa hospital performance information, which showed Iowa hospitals have seen both gains and losses in hospital quality.
Key highlights from the updated data set include the following:
• Central line-associated bloodstream infections due to the use of intravenous catheters placed into large veins increased slightly from 2009-2010, though Iowa's statewide average infection rate remains lower than the most recent national average rate.
• The data suggest that the trend in infections for heart surgery (coronary artery bypass graft) is decreasing. However, the trends in infections for colon, hip, and hysterectomy surgeries are increasing.
• The data suggest the three-year trend in MRSA surgical site infections and MRSA bloodstream infections are decreasing.
• The most recent healthcare worker immunization rate for Iowa hospitals was 92 percent for the 2010-2011 flu season, compared to nationally historic averages of approximately 49-57 percent.
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Key highlights from the updated data set include the following:
• Central line-associated bloodstream infections due to the use of intravenous catheters placed into large veins increased slightly from 2009-2010, though Iowa's statewide average infection rate remains lower than the most recent national average rate.
• The data suggest that the trend in infections for heart surgery (coronary artery bypass graft) is decreasing. However, the trends in infections for colon, hip, and hysterectomy surgeries are increasing.
• The data suggest the three-year trend in MRSA surgical site infections and MRSA bloodstream infections are decreasing.
• The most recent healthcare worker immunization rate for Iowa hospitals was 92 percent for the 2010-2011 flu season, compared to nationally historic averages of approximately 49-57 percent.
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