Percent of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing cardiac surgery who had an order for or received preoperative prophylactic antibiotics recommended for the operation.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Number of patients undergoing cardiac surgery for whom there is documentation of an order for a first or second generation cephalosporin prophylactic antibiotic (e.g., cefazolin, cefuroxime, cefamandole), documentation that it is given preoperatively or in the event of a documented allergy an alternate antibiotic choice (e.g., vancomycin, clindamycin) is ordered and administered.
Denominator
Number of patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Exclusions
List of exclusions is consistent with SCIP exclusions. This list is provided in the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Data Manager’s Training Manual as acceptable exclusions.
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