One of the quality measures reported by hospitals to the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that is published on the
Hospital Compare website is statistics on “surgery patients who were given an
antibiotic at the right time (within one hour of surgery) to help prevent
infection.” Answer the following questions to reflect on your understanding of
this quality measure addressing the following:
Why is it clinically important for patients to
receive antibiotics within one hour of surgery?
In clinical documentation what would be reviewed
to report on hospital performance of this quality measure or which portion of
the record would provide the most accurate information to confirm the
administration of antibiotics and its time?
If hospital consistently scores low on this
measure, what does this indicate?
If a hospital is scoring low on this quality
measure, which clinical quality management process could be used to help the
hospital understand why the performance is low?
Your initial post comprising a minimum of 250
words should have at least 2–3 peer-reviewed references.
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