Patient safety

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The patient safety indicators shown in this section apply to nearly most patients in the hospital and include such things as, the use of restraints, pressure ulcers ("bed sores"), and various other complications.

Click on the indicator description or on the results to obtain the full report.

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better than U.S. average near U.S. average worse than U.S. average # = too few eligible cases to calculate a reliable statistic
blank = does not apply
italic number = no comparative data
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Patient falls per 1000 inpatient days, by unit
ICU low 2.20 1.69 1.05      
StepDown low 2.96 2.90 3.47      
Med-Surg low 3.92 2.18 3.90      
Medical low   2.53 5.05      
Surgical low 3.32 1.47        
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Patient falls with injury per 1000 inpatient days, by unit
ICU low 1.10 0.22 0.42      
StepDown low 1.42 1.06 1.36      
Med-Surg low 1.25 0.77 1.38      
Medical low   0.64 1.57      
Surgical low 1.22 0.37        
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Restraints - percent of inpatients with restraint use, by unit
ICU low 22.22 10.90 9.26      
StepDown low 0Quality Ribbon 0.25 0Quality Ribbon      
Med-Surg low 0Quality Ribbon 0Quality Ribbon 0Quality Ribbon      
Medical low   0Quality Ribbon 0Quality Ribbon      
Surgical low 0Quality Ribbon 0Quality Ribbon        
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Pressure ulcers stage II+ - percent of inpatients, by unit
ICU low 5.75 12.00 6.00      
StepDown low 2.60 1.17 4.05      
Med-Surg low 3.68 1.33 3.39      
Medical low   0Quality Ribbon 0Quality Ribbon      
Surgical low 2.05 0Quality Ribbon        
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Miscellaneous - percent of inpatients
developing in-hosp pressure ulcer (AHRQ) low 0.2 0.4 0.4      
w/ a blood transfusion reaction low 0Quality Ribbon 0Quality Ribbon 0Quality Ribbon      
in low-mortality DRGs who die low 0.11 0.08 0.03      
w/ select complications who die - surgical inpatients low 22.6 15.4 12.7      

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