GENERAL TEXAS HOSPITAL
1234 Main Street
Austin, TX 78756
Facility-Specific Health Care-Associated Infections Report -
Technical Version
Reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services
Time Period: January - June [Final]2013
Report current as of: 12/01/2013 02:33 PM
| Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit Type | Observed No. of CLABSI | No. of Central Line Days | Predicted No. of CLABSI | CLABSI SIR | SIR Statistical Interpretation* |
| NICU | 5 | 152 | 4 | 1.2 |  "About the same as the national experience" |
| ICU | 9 | 3958 | 7.421 | 1.213 | About the same as the national experience |
* NOTE: The SIR Statistical Interpretation only takes into consideration the SIR values.
| Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit Type | Observed No. of CAUTI | No. of Urinary Catheter Days | Predicted No. of CAUTI | CAUTI SIR | SIR Statistical Interpretation* |
| ICU | 26 | 4500 | 9.312 | 2.9726 |  "Worse than the national experience" |
* NOTE: The SIR Statistical Interpretation only takes into consideration the SIR values.
| Surgical Site Infections (SSI) Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery Type | Observed No. of SSI | No. of Procedures | Predicted No. of SSI | SSI SIR | SIR Statistical Interpretation* |
| Coronary artery bypass graft with both chest and donor site incisions | |||||
| Inpatient | 4 | 200 | 3.991 | 1.002 | "About the same as the national experience" |
| Colon surgery | |||||
| Inpatient | 0 | 8 | 0.139 |  Not enough data to calculate SIR |
|
| Outpatient | 1 | 31 | 1.5 | 0.667 |  Better than the national experience |
| Hip prosthesis | |||||
| Inpatient | 6 | 259 | 5.008 | 1.198 | About the same as the national experience |
* NOTE: The SIR Statistical Interpretation only takes into consideration the SIR values.
This facility is committed to high quality healthcare to prevent HAIs and improve patient outcomes. Currently, we are actively trying to reduce CAUTIs in the ICU setting and hope to have decreased HAIs in the future.