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Virtua West Jersey Hospital-Marlton
http://www.virtua.org

Hospital is not licensed to perform CABG surgery.



Outcome of Care Measures: Inpatient Quality Indicator (IQI)
Lower Rate is Better
Hospital Rate National Average Rate (2019) Statewide Average Rate (2022)
Heart Attack 3.9 4.9 5.3
Pneumonia 5.4 4.3 4.6
Heart Failure 4.7 2.5 2.8
Stroke 2.0 6.7 6.8


Patient Safety Indicators
Lower Rate is Better
Hospital Rate National comparative ratea (2019) Statewide number of adverse events (2022) Satewide average rates (2022)
Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment 0 597 10 NA
Iatrogenic pneumo thorax 0 0.2 34 0.1
In Hospital Fall with Hip Fracture 0 0.1 24 0.1
Post-operative hemorrhage or hematoma 0 2.2 147 1.9
Post-operative pulmonary embolism (PE) or deep vein thrombosis (DVT) 3.5 3.2 238 3
Post-operative sepsis 3.4 3.9 94 2.9
Post-operative wound dehiscence 3.3 1.6 30 1
Abdominopelvic Accidental Puncture or Laceration 1.4 1 64 1
Birth Trauma+ . 4.6 249 2.6
Obstetric trauma - vaginal delivery with instrument+ . 117.2 394 106.7
Obstetric trauma - vaginal delivery without instrument+ . 17.5 947 16.1

+ Observed rate (not risk-adjusted)

Not applicable - Rate is not applicable for "Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count" and "Transfusion Reaction". Both indicators are measured using volume instead of rate.

. (Missing) Hospital did not perform the procedure during the year; or it performed less than 3 procedures (rate is not calculated when the denominator is less than 3).



Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs)
  Hospital to
National Comparison‡		 Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) NJ Statewide to
National Comparison
Abdominal Hysterectomy Surgical Site Infections, 2022 N/A --- Similar
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI), 2022 Similar 0.409 Lower
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI), 2022 Similar 0.399 Lower
Colon Surgical Site Infections, 2022 Similar 1.111 Lower
Knee Arthroplasty Surgical Site Infections, 2022 N/A --- Similar
Overall Surgical Site Infections, 2022 Similar 1.111 Lower

Each hospital is compared to the National Ratio=1.

Lower - indicates hospital infections are LOWER than infections seen nationally.

Similar - áindicates hospital infections are SIMILAR to infections seen nationally.

Health System: Virtua Health
Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) for all hospitals