Sometimes a surgical patient needs to have a urinary catheter, a thin tube inserted into the bladder to help drain urine. Patients can develop dangerous infections when urinary catheters are left in place too long after surgery. Medical research shows that most surgery patients should have their urinary catheters removed within two days after surgery to help prevent infections. This measure shows the percentage of surgery patients whose catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery.

July 2011 - June 2012 data

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Results over time

For the above graph: Higher ↑ performance is better.

More surgical care measurements 

• Patients using beta-blocker therapy prior to arrival
• Antibiotic received within one hour before surgery
• Antibiotic selection for surgical patients
• Antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours after surgery
• Blood glucose control
• Appropriate hair removal
• Urinary catheter removal on first or second day after surgery
• Timely blood clot treatments ordered
• Blood clot prevention treatment received within 24 hours of surgery
• Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room

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