Four medical facilities participated in a study analyzing the decrease in hospital-acquired infections over the last several years, according to The Daily News.
The following hospitals in New York participated in the study — Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg, Massena Memorial Hospital and Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown.
Here are seven takeaways:
1. The study found the four hospitals prevented approximately 15,000 infections since 2007.
2. In 2014, none of the hospitals reported any blood-stream infections.
3. The standard infection ratios for Canton-Potsdam Hospital and Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center increased from 2013 to 2014. However, both hospital had improvements in some categories.
4. From 2013 to 2014, Massena Memorial Hospital experienced a fall in its standardized infection ratio from 3.69 to 1.22.
5. Samaritan Medical Center’s standardized infection ratio decreased from 2013 (1.02) to 2014 (0.87).
6. In New York, blood stream infections acquired in intense care units fell by 57 percent since 2007.
7. On a statewide basis, abdominal hysterectomy infections fell 15 percent since 2012, and infections from hip-related surgeries decreased by 10 percent since 2008.
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