Quality indicators for hospitals and clinics in Switzerland:
Bypass surgery (heart), infection rate
Meaningful, risk-adjusted infection rates for bypass surgery (heart) are currently available for 9 Swiss hospitals. 1,221 patients were followed in these hospitals. The average hospital infection rate for bypass surgery was 3.4%; the highest infection rate observed in one hospital was 7.3%. The lowest risk-adjusted infection rate for bypass surgery was measured at the Luzerner Kantonsspital, LUKS (Standort Kantonsspital Luzern) (0% nosocomial infections).
Measured as the ratio of expected and observed numbers of infections after certain types of surgery.
Strengths:
Infections are risky and associated with more distress. A low infection rate is an indicator of good hygiene and a high quality treatment process. The infection rates are risk adjusted by Swissnoso using three additional measurements. This elaborate form of risk adjustment fulfills high scientific standards.
Limits:
Unfortunately, infection rates are not available for all interventions. It is not sure that results are transferable to similar interventions. Also, infection rates are only meaningful when a sufficient number of cases is reached. Especially with interventions with a low risk of infections the needed number of cases is very high and is only reached by large hospitals. For small hospitals it is often not possible to give a meaningful statement (while small case numbers are per se unfavorable, especially with complex interventions).
My father (78) was advised to undergo a double bypass operation on his heart. He and his relatives were told that it was a routine operation. He died 2 days after the operation from septic shock/multiple organ failure. In less than 3 weeks he would have become a grandfather....
About the surgery:
Bypass surgery, father died in the hospital 2 days after the operation.
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jun.2023, date of rating: 21.06.2023
As a patient you feel very safe and in good hands here. Very good, clarifying preliminary information session that even a layman can understand.
The nursing staff was also very competent, sensitive, considerate and very friendly. On every shift, the staff knew about every patient. Kudos (surgeon: Dr. Achim Häussler)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in May.2021, date of rating: 16.05.2022
The data on this page was last updated on July 26, 2024.
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