Infection Quality Ratings
Infections.In-hospital infections are a serious problem. Barton HealthCare System monitors every patient admitted to our hospital for any sign or symptom of infection. In addition, Barton implemented a more stringent hand hygiene campaign recently with hand hygiene heroes. Hand sanitizer stations have been placed in every patient room as well as public corridors, lobbies and entrances. Any member of the hospital staff who touches you or uses equipment that touches you, must wash his or her hands first. If a patient or visitor is not certain this has been done, you may politely ask. Visitors, too, should wash their hands. We also advocate health, no one should be allowed to visit a patient if the visitor feels ill. As a patient, be sure to report any loose or uncomfortable dressings, sutures, intravenous connections, or catheters. These are frequently the sites of in-hospital infections. Several Web sites provide information on the prevention of in-hospital infections; to learn more, go to the nonprofit Committee to Reduce Infection Death.
| Data listed is from the Third Quarter of 2008. | Barton | Barton's Benchmark | U.S. Average |
| Infection Rate | 0.7% | 1% | 5%* |
* This is an approximate average for hospitals performing total patient surveillance. Total hospital surveillance means that every patient that comes to the hospital is checked to verify infection rates. Large hospitals (generally 300 beds or more) do not perform total patient surveillance, as it is not practical. Instead, large hospitals check infection rates randomly on groups of patients admitted to their hospital. These numbers can be very different compared to the total patient surveillance and have not been figured into the U.S. Average listed above, because they do not compare well to Barton’s Average of total health surveillance.
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