Postoperative Sepsis

A serious infection of the bloodstream caused by toxin-producing bacteria, known as sepsis, can occur after surgery. This measure indicates the occurrence of infections acquired during a stay at a hospital. There are protocols developed intending to prevent postoperative sepsis, among them the Surgical Infection Prevention system (SIP). This process ensures that the appropriate antibiotic is given to the patient one hour before surgery, and that the antibiotic is discontinued within 24 hours following surgery. Other protocols published by the Centers for Disease Control also intend to reduce the chance of infection after surgery.

This patient safety measure is important because it indicates the level of care provided to prevent infections in patients. Analysis of these infections may provide a screen for potential medical errors and a method for monitoring trends in infections over time. Hospitals following the appropriate protocols, (such as SIP, or patterns of cleanliness, such as washing hands before working with a patient), should see improvement in the trend of post-operative sepsis or other infections over time. Care must be taken to exclude patients from this measure who have infections when they enter the hospital, as this does not reflect quality of care delivered at the facility.

 

State total cases at risk: 73,672
State risk-adjusted occurrence rate: 1.555%
National rate: 1.370% (*)

There are 354 hospitals in this table.

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 =  At the state average
 =  Worse than state average
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 State Avg.
 Anderson          
  Palestine          
Palestine Regional Medical Center(6 : )
 Angelina          
  Lufkin          
Memorial Medical Center East Texas(230 : 0.000% , 2.197%)(0.628%)
Woodland Heights Medical Center(364 : 1.651% , 3.532%)(2.592%)
 Atascosa          
  Jourdanton          
South Texas Regional Medical Center(41 : 1.322% , 5.365%)(3.344%)
 Bastrop          
  Bastrop          
Lakeside Hospital Bastrop(5 : )
 Bee          
  Beeville          
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital-Beeville(20 : )
 Bell          
  Killeen          
Metroplex Hospital(181 : 0.000% , 2.715%)(1.177%)
  Temple          
Kings Daughters Hospital(104 : 0.000% , 2.484%)(0.000%)
Scott & White Memorial Hospital(883 : 0.316% , 1.627%)(0.971%)
Scott & White Memorial Hospital-Rehab(<5 : )
Scott & White Memorial Hospital-SNF(<5 : )
 Bexar          
  San Antonio          
Acuity Hospital South Texas(9 : )
Baptist Medical Center(915 : 0.998% , 1.934%)(1.466%)
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Childrens Hospital(5 : )
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital(345 : 0.614% , 2.272%)(1.443%)
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center(733 : 0.852% , 2.043%)(1.448%)
Kindred Hospital-San Antonio(13 : )
LifeCare Hospital-San Antonio(12 : )
Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Hospital-North..(74 : 0.000% , 3.852%)(0.000%)
Methodist Hospital(1823 : 1.027% , 2.076%)(1.552%)
Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hospital(417 : 0.638% , 2.204%)(1.421%)
Metropolitan Methodist Hospital(452 : 2.247% , 3.985%)(3.116%)
Nix Health Care System(315 : 1.079% , 5.273%)(3.176%)
North Central Baptist Hospital(311 : 2.124% , 3.829%)(2.977%)
Northeast Baptist Hospital(529 : 1.256% , 2.812%)(2.034%)
Northeast Methodist Hospital(292 : 1.604% , 3.730%)(2.667%)
Promise Specialty Hospital-San Antonio(10 : )
Select Specialty Hospital-San Antonio(37 : 0.775% , 3.593%)(2.184%)
South Texas Spine & Surgical Hospital(147 : 0.000% , 3.056%)(0.000%)
Southeast Baptist Hospital(120 : 1.604% , 4.265%)(2.935%)
Southwest General Hospital(191 : 1.069% , 3.850%)(2.459%)
St Lukes Baptist Hospital(874 : 0.625% , 2.050%)(1.338%)
Texsan Heart Hospital(7 : )
University Hospital(564 : 0.000% , 1.768%)(0.843%)
Warm Springs Rehab Hospital-San Antonio(<5 : )
 Bowie          
  Texarkana          
CHRISTUS St Michael Health System(620 : 0.000% , 1.275%)(0.391%)
CHRISTUS St Michael Rehab Hospital(<5 : )
Wadley Regional Medical Center(200 : 0.000% , 2.394%)(0.989%)
 Brazoria          
  Lake Jackson          
Brazosport Regional Health System(85 : 0.000% , 3.960%)(1.486%)
 Brazos          
  Bryan          
Physicians Centre(31 : 0.000% , 5.874%)(0.000%)
St Joseph Regional Health Center(398 : 1.049% , 3.086%)(2.067%)
  College Station          
College Station Medical Center(108 : 0.000% , 1.951%)(0.000%)
 Brown          
  Brownwood          
Brownwood Regional Medical Center(152 : 0.000% , 2.312%)(0.000%)
 Burnet          
  Burnet          
Seton Highland Lakes(<5 : )
 Cameron          
  Brownsville          
Brownsville Doctors Hospital(20 : )
South Texas Rehab Hospital(<5 : )
Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville(110 : 1.249% , 4.716%)(2.982%)
Valley Regional Medical Center(114 : 4.301% , 7.841%)(6.071%)
  Harlingen          
Harlingen Medical Center(142 : 0.000% , 1.714%)(0.702%)
Solara Hospital Harlingen(<5 : )
Valley Baptist Medical Center(824 : 2.205% , 4.074%)(3.139%)
 Camp          
  Pittsburg          
East Texas Medical Center-Pittsburg(6 : )
 Cass          
  Linden          
Good Shepherd Medical Center-Linden(<5 : )
 Cherokee          
  Jacksonville          
East Texas Medical Center-Jacksonville(35 : 1.337% , 7.025%)(4.181%)
Mother Frances Hospital-Jacksonville(29 : )
 Collin          
  Allen          
Presbyterian Hospital-Allen(36 : 0.000% , 3.217%)(1.266%)
  Frisco          
Baylor Medical Center-Frisco(173 : 0.000% , 2.957%)(0.000%)
  McKinney          
Medical Center-McKinney(95 : 0.000% , 3.969%)(1.978%)
  Plano          
Baylor Regional Medical Center-Plano(476 : 0.000% , 1.567%)(0.356%)
Heart Hospital Baylor Plano(492 : 0.000% , 1.304%)(0.404%)
LifeCare Hospital-Plano(17 : )
Medical Center-Plano(447 : 1.343% , 3.184%)(2.263%)
Plano Specialty Hospital(7 : )
Presbyterian Hospital-Plano(639 : 0.000% , 1.936%)(0.857%)
Presbyterian Plano Center-Diagnostics & Sur..(34 : 0.000% , 5.014%)(0.000%)
 Collingsworth          
  Wellington          
Collingsworth General Hospital(<5 : )
 Comanche          
  Comanche          
Comanche County Medical Center(10 : )
 Cooke          
  Gainesville          
North Texas Medical Center(76 : 0.000% , 3.213%)(1.532%)
 Dallas          
  Dallas          
Baylor Heart & Vascular Center(55 : 0.000% , 2.858%)(0.000%)
Baylor Institute for Rehab-Gaston Episcopal..(62 : 0.000% , 1.946%)(0.000%)
Baylor Specialty Hospital(54 : 0.524% , 2.285%)(1.404%)
Baylor University Medical Center(2211 : 1.187% , 2.199%)(1.693%)
Childrens Medical Center-Dallas(15 : )
Doctors Hospital-White Rock Lake(<5 : )
Kindred Hospital-Dallas(26 : )
Kindred Hospital-White Rock(7 : )
LifeCare Hospital-Dallas(32 : 0.000% , 1.393%)(0.537%)
Medical City Dallas Hospital(1033 : 0.500% , 1.686%)(1.093%)
Methodist Charlton Medical Center(212 : 0.000% , 2.605%)(1.126%)
Methodist Dallas Medical Center(359 : 0.000% , 1.488%)(0.502%)
Our Childrens House Baylor(<5 : )
Parkland Memorial Hospital(482 : 0.825% , 2.880%)(1.852%)
Presbyterian Hospital-Dallas(2002 : 1.159% , 2.048%)(1.603%)
Texas Specialty Hospital-Dallas(21 : )
UT Southwestern University Hospital-St Paul(543 : 0.462% , 2.462%)(1.462%)
UT Southwestern University Hospital-Zale Li..(665 : 1.099% , 2.796%)(1.948%)
  DeSoto          
Select Specialty Hospital-South Dallas(43 : 1.258% , 3.164%)(2.211%)
  Garland          
Baylor Medical Center-Garland(232 : 0.509% , 3.278%)(1.893%)
Vista Hospital-Dallas(59 : 0.000% , 3.158%)(0.000%)
  Irving          
Baylor Medical Center-Irving(244 : 2.693% , 5.228%)(3.960%)
Irving Coppell Surgical Hospital(25 : )
Las Colinas Medical Center(64 : 0.000% , 2.394%)(0.000%)
  Mesquite          
Dallas Regional Medical Center(92 : 0.000% , 3.330%)(1.598%)
Mesquite Specialty Hospital(5 : )
  Richardson          
Methodist Richardson Medical Center(186 : 0.959% , 4.159%)(2.559%)
 Denton          
  Carrollton          
Select Specialty Hospital-Dallas(8 : )
  Denton          
Denton Regional Medical Center(229 : 0.324% , 2.886%)(1.605%)
Mayhill Hospital(<5 : )
North Texas Hospital(16 : )
Presbyterian Hospital-Denton(237 : 1.103% , 3.289%)(2.196%)
  Lewisville          
Medical Center-Lewisville(173 : 2.243% , 5.410%)(3.827%)
  Trophy Club          
Baylor Medical Center Trophy Club(38 : 0.000% , 5.206%)(0.000%)
 Ector          
  Odessa          
Medical Center Hospital(466 : 0.304% , 2.085%)(1.195%)
Odessa Regional Medical Center-6th Street(20 : )
 El Paso          
  El Paso          
Del Sol Medical Center(170 : 1.044% , 3.620%)(2.332%)
El Paso Specialty Hospital(324 : 0.000% , 2.946%)(0.000%)
Las Palmas Medical Center(201 : 0.000% , 2.624%)(1.132%)
Mesa Hills Specialty Hospital(218 : 0.000% , 0.926%)(0.000%)
Providence Memorial Hospital(64 : 0.000% , 2.889%)(0.967%)
R E Thomason General Hospital(184 : 0.624% , 3.394%)(2.009%)
Sierra Medical Center(97 : 0.000% , 4.529%)(1.799%)
 Ellis          
  Ennis          
Ennis Regional Medical Center(27 : )
  Waxahachie          
Baylor Medical Center-Waxahachie(28 : )
 Erath          
  Stephenville          
Harris Methodist-Erath County(57 : 0.000% , 2.496%)(0.000%)
 Fannin          
  Bonham          
Red River Regional Hospital(8 : )
 Fort Bend          
  Richmond          
Oakbend Medical Center(103 : 0.000% , 2.955%)(0.993%)
  Sugar Land          
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land(38 : 6.164% , 15.658%)(10.911%)
Methodist Sugar Land Hospital(148 : 0.000% , 3.052%)(1.029%)
Sugar Land Surgical Hospital(5 : )
Triumph Hospital-Southwest(44 : 2.557% , 3.843%)(3.200%)
 Franklin          
  Mount Vernon          
East Texas Medical Center-Mount Vernon(<5 : )
 Freestone          
  Fairfield          
East Texas Medical Center-Fairfield(<5 : )
 Galveston          
  Galveston          
UT Medical Branch Hospital(558 : 0.175% , 2.063%)(1.119%)
  Texas City          
Mainland Medical Center(176 : 0.871% , 3.326%)(2.098%)
 Gillespie          
  Fredericksburg          
Hill Country Memorial Hospital(287 : 0.000% , 3.179%)(1.073%)
 Gray          
  Pampa          
Pampa Regional Medical Center(54 : 0.000% , 4.317%)(0.000%)
 Grayson          
  Sherman          
Texoma Medical Center(323 : 0.000% , 2.282%)(1.077%)
Wilson N Jones Medical Center(388 : 0.000% , 1.619%)(0.688%)
 Gregg          
  Kilgore          
Allegiance Specialty Hospital-Kilgore(22 : )
  Longview          
Good Shepherd Medical Center(630 : 1.060% , 2.817%)(1.938%)
Longview Regional Medical Center(217 : 2.837% , 5.641%)(4.239%)
Select Specialty Hospital-Longview(<5 : )
 Hale          
  Plainview          
Covenant Hospital-Plainview(<5 : )
 Harris          
  Baytown          
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital(197 : 0.000% , 1.425%)(0.495%)
Triumph Hospital-Baytown(17 : )
  Bellaire          
First Street Hospital(<5 : )
Foundation Surgical Hospital(103 : 0.000% , 4.360%)(0.000%)
  Channelview          
Triumph Hospital-East Houston(41 : 2.537% , 5.331%)(3.934%)
  Cypress          
North Cypress Medical Center(109 : 6.066% , 11.459%)(8.763%)
  Houston          
Ben Taub General Hospital(269 : 0.000% , 2.107%)(0.824%)
Doctors Hospital-Parkway(40 : 0.000% , 4.247%)(0.000%)
Doctors Hospital-Tidwell(65 : 0.474% , 5.091%)(2.783%)
East Houston Regional Medical Center(95 : 0.352% , 3.295%)(1.824%)
HEALTHSOUTH Hospital-Houston(14 : )
Houston Northwest Medical Center(496 : 1.408% , 3.136%)(2.272%)
Kindred Hospital(<5 : )
Kindred Hospital-Houston(9 : )
Lyndon B Johnson General Hospital(103 : 0.000% , 3.952%)(1.958%)
Memorial Hermann Hospital(667 : 2.272% , 3.818%)(3.045%)
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Cent..(470 : 0.638% , 2.808%)(1.723%)
Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital(34 : 3.758% , 8.007%)(5.883%)
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital(96 : 0.809% , 6.167%)(3.488%)
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital(271 : 3.618% , 6.081%)(4.849%)
Methodist Hospital(2578 : 2.332% , 3.060%)(2.696%)
Methodist Willowbrook Hospital(186 : 0.321% , 5.017%)(2.669%)
Park Plaza Hospital(<5 : )
Quentin Mease Community Hospital(<5 : )
Select Specialty Hospital-Houston Heights(47 : 9.732% , 12.443%)(11.087%)
Select Specialty Hospital-Houston Medical C..(20 : )
Select Specialty Hospital-Houston West(16 : )
Spring Branch Medical Center(274 : 0.770% , 3.289%)(2.030%)
St Joseph Medical Center(504 : 0.397% , 2.226%)(1.311%)
St Lukes Episcopal Hospital(2619 : 0.992% , 1.690%)(1.341%)
Texas Childrens Hospital(49 : 0.000% , 3.673%)(0.000%)
Texas Orthopedic Hospital(322 : 0.000% , 2.057%)(0.000%)
Texas Specialty Hospital-Houston(13 : )
TIRR Memorial Hermann(5 : )
TOPS Surgical Specialty Hospital(74 : 0.000% , 5.147%)(0.000%)
Triumph Hospital Town & Country(<5 : )
Triumph Hospital-Central Houston(6 : )
Triumph Hospital-North Houston(33 : 1.131% , 3.396%)(2.264%)
Triumph Hospital-Northwest(49 : 1.896% , 4.041%)(2.969%)
University General Hospital(94 : 0.385% , 5.156%)(2.771%)
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center(389 : 0.000% , 1.657%)(0.572%)
West Houston Medical Center(324 : 1.612% , 3.390%)(2.501%)
Womans Hospital-Texas(171 : 1.436% , 5.968%)(3.702%)
  Humble          
Memorial Hermann Northeast(68 : 0.000% , 4.665%)(1.883%)
  Katy          
CHRISTUS St Catherine Hospital(103 : 0.000% , 1.839%)(0.000%)
Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital(77 : 1.841% , 8.337%)(5.089%)
Memorial Hermann Rehab Hospital(9 : )
  Kingwood          
Kingwood Medical Center(193 : 0.920% , 3.334%)(2.127%)
  Nassau Bay          
CHRISTUS St John Hospital(270 : 0.000% , 2.439%)(0.723%)
  Pasadena          
Bayshore Medical Center(361 : 1.234% , 2.851%)(2.042%)
Kindred Hospital(<5 : )
Patients Medical Center(54 : 0.000% , 4.930%)(2.034%)
Surgery Specialty Hospitals of America-Sout..(11 : )
  Tomball          
Tomball Regional Hospital(428 : 0.426% , 1.706%)(1.066%)
Triumph Hospital Tomball(13 : )
  Webster          
Clear Lake Regional Medical Center(517 : 1.517% , 3.320%)(2.419%)
Clear Lake Rehab Hospital(<5 : )
Cornerstone Hospital Houston-Clear Lake(31 : 0.958% , 2.859%)(1.908%)
Houston Physicians Hospital(22 : )
Triumph Hospital-Clearlake(78 : 0.523% , 1.668%)(1.095%)
 Harrison          
  Marshall          
Good Shepherd Medical Center-Marshall(73 : 0.000% , 2.400%)(0.736%)
 Hays          
  San Marcos          
Central Texas Medical Center(110 : 0.000% , 1.915%)(0.000%)
 Henderson          
  Athens          
East Texas Medical Center-Athens(83 : 0.000% , 3.133%)(1.061%)
 Hidalgo          
  Edinburg          
Cornerstone Regional Hospital(35 : 0.000% , 5.473%)(0.000%)
Doctors Hospital-Renaissance(984 : 0.542% , 1.734%)(1.138%)
Edinburg Regional Medical Center(44 : 0.002% , 3.713%)(1.858%)
Solara Hospital(6 : )
  McAllen          
LifeCare Hospital-South Texas(20 : )
LifeCare Hospitals-South Texas - North(6 : )
McAllen Medical Center(543 : 0.103% , 1.609%)(0.856%)
Rio Grande Regional Hospital(231 : 2.068% , 4.285%)(3.176%)
Solara Hospital(39 : 2.454% , 4.699%)(3.576%)
  Mission          
Mission Regional Medical Center(134 : 3.411% , 6.574%)(4.993%)
  Weslaco          
Knapp Medical Center(171 : 1.068% , 3.009%)(2.038%)
 Hill          
  Hillsboro          
Hill Regional Hospital(5 : )
 Hockley          
  Levelland          
Covenant Hospital-Levelland(<5 : )
 Hood          
  Granbury          
Lake Granbury Medical Center(74 : 0.000% , 3.131%)(0.000%)
 Hopkins          
  Sulphur Springs          
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital(16 : )
 Houston          
  Crockett          
East Texas Medical Center-Crockett(20 : )
 Howard          
  Big Spring          
Scenic Mountain Medical Center(9 : )
 Hunt          
  Greenville          
Hunt Regional Medical Center-Greenville(186 : 0.899% , 6.424%)(3.662%)
 Jasper          
  Jasper          
CHRISTUS Jasper Memorial Hospital(11 : )
 Jefferson          
  Beaumont          
Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas(603 : 0.000% , 1.726%)(0.817%)
CHRISTUS Hospital(701 : 0.000% , 1.357%)(0.519%)
  Nederland          
Promise Specialty Hospital-Southeast Texas(<5 : )
  Port Arthur          
CHRISTUS Hospital-St Mary(226 : 0.764% , 3.745%)(2.255%)
Medical Center-Southeast Texas(271 : 0.000% , 1.620%)(0.382%)
 Jim Wells          
  Alice          
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital-Alice(92 : 0.000% , 1.869%)(0.000%)
 Johnson          
  Cleburne          
Walls Regional Hospital(61 : 0.000% , 4.166%)(0.000%)
 Kaufman          
  Kaufman          
Presbyterian Hospital-Kaufman(42 : 0.000% , 2.381%)(0.000%)
  Terrell          
Renaissance Hospital Terrell(<5 : )
 Kerr          
  Kerrville          
Peterson Regional Medical Center(<5 : )
 Kleberg          
  Kingsville          
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital-Kleberg(38 : 0.000% , 2.575%)(0.000%)
 Lamar          
  Paris          
Paris Regional Medical Center North Campus(7 : )
Paris Regional Medical Center South Campus(176 : 0.000% , 3.227%)(1.497%)
 Lavaca          
  Yoakum          
Yoakum Community Hospital(12 : )
 Liberty          
  Cleveland          
Cleveland Regional Medical Center(28 : )
 Limestone          
  Mexia          
Parkview Regional Hospital(14 : )
 Llano          
  Llano          
Llano Memorial Hospital(<5 : )
 Lubbock          
  Lubbock          
Covenant Childrens Hospital(<5 : )
Covenant Medical Center(874 : 0.560% , 1.963%)(1.261%)
Covenant Medical Center-Lakeside(365 : 0.898% , 4.035%)(2.467%)
Covenant Specialty Hospital(<5 : )
Grace Medical Center(42 : 0.000% , 6.096%)(2.745%)
Lubbock Heart Hospital(411 : 0.000% , 1.130%)(0.330%)
Texas Specialty Hospital-Lubbock(54 : 0.000% , 1.454%)(0.337%)
University Medical Center(40 : 0.000% , 4.082%)(0.000%)
 Matagorda          
  Bay City          
Matagorda General Hospital(26 : )
 Maverick          
  Eagle Pass          
Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center(46 : 0.000% , 2.436%)(0.782%)
 McLennan          
  Waco          
Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center(120 : 0.000% , 3.878%)(1.899%)
Providence Health Center(532 : 0.474% , 2.046%)(1.260%)
 Medina          
  Hondo          
Medina Community Hospital(<5 : )
 Midland          
  Midland          
Midland Memorial Hospital(495 : 0.419% , 2.338%)(1.378%)
Select Specialty Hospital-Midland(27 : )
 Milam          
  Rockdale          
Richards Memorial Hospital(<5 : )
 Mitchell          
  Colorado City          
Mitchell County Hospital(7 : )
 Montague          
  Bowie          
Bowie Memorial Hospital(<5 : )
 Montgomery          
  Conroe          
Conroe Regional Medical Center(683 : 1.453% , 2.709%)(2.081%)
  The Woodlands          
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital(344 : 0.000% , 2.735%)(1.181%)
St Lukes Community Medical Center-The Woodl..(179 : 0.000% , 2.465%)(0.734%)
 Moore          
  Dumas          
Memorial Hospital(22 : )
 Nacogdoches          
  Nacogdoches          
Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital(154 : 0.000% , 1.652%)(0.000%)
 Navarro          
  Corsicana          
Navarro Regional Hospital(36 : 0.000% , 3.493%)(0.000%)
 Nueces          
  Corpus Christi          
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi(104 : 0.000% , 1.822%)(0.000%)
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shor..(984 : 1.182% , 2.480%)(1.831%)
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Sout..(244 : 0.000% , 1.837%)(0.835%)
Corpus Christi Medical Center-Bay Area(24 : )
Corpus Christi Medical Center-Doctors Regio..(207 : 0.348% , 3.665%)(2.007%)
Corpus Christi Medical Center-Heart Hospita..(53 : 0.000% , 2.928%)(0.000%)