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SENTARA VIRGINIA BEACH GENERAL HOSPITAL
1060 FIRST COLONIAL RD
VIRGINIA BEACH , VA 23454
(800) 736-8272

Type

Acute Care Hospitals

Owner

Voluntary non-profit - Other

Accreditation

Emergency Service

Yes

Heart Attack Average Score

97.00%

Heart Failure Average Score

94.25%

Pneumonia Average Score

96.14%

SIP Average Score

92.86%

Condition	Measure	Score %	Sample Size
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	98	56
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival	96	218
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge	100	256
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge	100	233
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival	0	0
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival	88	43
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	100	98
Heart Failure	Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	98	130
Heart Failure	Heart Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function	100	328
Heart Failure	Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge Instructions	79	271
Heart Failure	Heart Failure Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	100	64
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination	97	201
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination	95	292
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival	95	231
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment	100	358
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	100	95
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)	93	173
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics	93	247
Surgical Infection Prevention	Surgery patients who were given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection	95	756
Surgical Infection Prevention	Surgery patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection	98	760
Surgical Infection Prevention	Surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)	91	686
Surgical Infection Prevention	all heart surgery patients whose blood sugar (blood glucose) is kept under good control in the days right after surgery	88	66
Surgical Infection Prevention	Surgery patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery, who had hair removed using a safer method (electric clippers or hair removal cream ? not a razor)	98	784
Surgical Infection Prevention	Surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries	91	768
Surgical Infection Prevention	Patients who got treatment at the right time (within 24 hours before or after their surgery) to help prevent blood clots after certain types of surgery	89	768

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