Safety Indicators
Surgical Safety Checklist
The percent compliance is calculated as follows: (# of times all three phases of the surgical safety checklist was performed/Total…
Read MoreSurgical Site Infection (SSI)
What are SSIs? Surgical site infections occur when harmful germs enter your body through the surgical site (any cut the…
Read MoreCentral Line Infections (CLI)
What are CLI? CLI occurs when a central venous catheter (or “line”) placed into a patient’s vein gets infected. This…
Read MoreVentilator Associated Pneumonia
What is a Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)? For our public reporting purposes, ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as a…
Read MoreHospital Standardized Mortality Ratio
What is Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio (HSMR)? The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has calculated the HSMR for eligible…
Read MoreVRE
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Bacteremia What is Bacteremia? Bacteremia is the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream and usually associated…
Read MoreMRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Bacteremia What is Bacteremia? Bacteremia is the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream and usually associated…
Read MoreC. difficile
The rate is calculated as follows:Number of new hospital acquired cases of C. difficile in the facility x 1000Total number of patient days…
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