Question

te the rates requested. Exercise 8.4 Exercise in the table below, calculate the rate Using the information in the table decimal places. sing are incl Community Hospital Semiannual Report January June, 20XX Infections No. of Patients Operated Deaths On Nosocomial Opera Postop Other Live Disch Postop 478 642 Month 540 Jan 660 650 660 Feb 680 Mar 690 669 Apr 685 701 May 693 Jun Total Answers 1. The month with the lowest postoperative infection rate: 2. The postoperative infection rate for the semiannual period: 3. The month with the highest postoperative death rate: 4. The postoperative death rate for the semiannual period: 5. The gross death rate for the surgical service during the semiannual period:

Answer 1

Ans 1:Month of march.The infection rate is 1.

Ans 2: Post op infection rate for the semiannual period is sum of all rates from january to june.2+3+1+4+4+5=17

Ans 3: In the month of may the postoperative death rate was highest.It was 5.

Ans 4:The postoperative death rate for semiannual period is sum total of all 6 moths of death rate.Therefore it is

          2+3+3+2+5+3=18

Ans 5:Gross death rate=no of death of inpatient in a period / no of discharges including deaths in the same period *100

                                 =(post op death+other )*100 /live discharges

                                =(2+3+3+2+5+3)+(10+12+8+12+15+11)*100 / (540+660+680+669+701+693)

                                =(18)+(68)*100/3943

                                =86*100 / 3943 =2.181

              Gross death rate for semiannual period is 2.181