Surgical Infection Prevention: Success Stories TENNESSEE 25 Tennessee Hospitals Work to Decrease Surgical Infections in Tennessee Teams from 25 hospitals in Tennessee participated with QSource in a Surgical Infection Prevention Collaborative. Between April 2003 and April 2004, participating hospital teams implemented, tested and tracked changes in surgical antibiotic administration for patients undergoing joint replacements and hysterectomies. The teams made significant progress, including: Increasing from 78% to 88% the proportion of surgical patients receiving appropriate prophylactic antibiotics Maintaining at 88% the proportion of surgical patients receiving prophylactic antibiotic within one hour prior to surgical incision Increasing from 54% to 89% the proportion of surgical patients with prophylactic antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours after surgery end time The Collaborative was led by QSource, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Tennessee, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. QSource is continuing to assist hospitals improve quality of care. For more information, contact Anthony Culver, Public Affairs Specialist at QSource, 1-800-528-2655, ext. 2606 or aculver@tnqio.sdps.org This material was prepared by Qsource, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Tennessee , under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy.

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