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 TypeElectronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)Level Of AnalysisCare SettingNumerator
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.
DenominatorNumber of patients undergoing cardiac surgery
ExclusionsList 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.
Testing Data Sources
- Measure StructureClinical Condition Topic AreaNon Condition SpecificTarget PopulationNational Quality Strategy PrioritiesPrevention and Treatment
- Risk Adjustment
- Current or planned use(s)
- Most Recent Endorsement ActivityEndorsed with Reserve Status Surgery Endorsement Project 2013-2015Initial EndorsementEndorsement StatusLast Updated
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