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Patient Safety<br />

Getting an antibiotic earlier than 1 hour before surgery or after surgery begins is not as effective. However,<br />

taking antibiotics for more than 24 hours after routine surgery is usually unnecessary and can increase the<br />

risk of side effects, such as antibiotic resistance and serious types of diarrhea. Among adult Medicare patients<br />

having surgery, the NHDR tracks receipt of antibiotics within 1 hour prior to surgical incision,<br />

discontinuation of antibiotics within 24 hours after end of surgery, and a composite of these two measures.<br />

Figure 3.2. Adult surgery patients who received appropriate timing of antibiotics: Overall composite, by<br />

race/ethnicity and gender, 2005-2009<br />

100<br />

White Hispanic AI/AN<br />

Black Asian<br />

2008 Achievable Benchmark: 95%<br />

100<br />

Total Male Female<br />

2008 Achievable Benchmark: 95%<br />

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Key: AI/AN = American Indian or Alaska Native.<br />

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program, 2005-2009.<br />

Denominator: Hospitalized patients having surgery.<br />

Note: Populations not specifically noted as Hispanic are non-Hispanic.<br />

n The overall percentage of adult surgery patients who received appropriate timing of antibiotics<br />

improved from 2005 to 2009 (75% to 95%; Figure 3.2). Significant improvement was also seen<br />

among all racial, ethnic, and gender groups during this period.<br />

n From 2005 to 2009, Whites improved from 75% to 95%, Blacks improved from 75% to 94%, and<br />

Asians improved from 71% to 94%. The percentage of patients receiving appropriate timing of<br />

antibiotics increased from 70% to 94% for Hispanics and from 77% to 93% for AI/ANs.<br />

n The 2008 top 5 State achievable benchmark was 95%. iii At the current 5% annual rate of increase,<br />

this benchmark could be attained overall in less than 1 year. All ethnic, racial, and gender groups<br />

could also attain the achievable benchmark in less than 1 year.<br />

iii<br />

The top 5 States that contributed to the achievable benchmark are Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, South Dakota, and Vermont.<br />

<strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011<br />

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