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Comments about patient safety activities: St. John Oakland Hospital's Quality Improvement and Patient Safety plans focus on assuring patient safety. We foster a culture that places patient safety as the highest priority. Our goal is to recognize risks to patient safety prior to an incident occurring and to initiate actions to eliminate or decrease those risks. |
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Comments about Carotid Endarectomy Surgery: According to the Leap Frog Vascular Surgery Expert Panel that worked on developing patient safety guidelines, Hospitals that perform between 25-49 surgeries annually should meet a combined morbidity and mortality rate of less than 4.5%; St. John Oakland's rate is 2.8%. |
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Comments about Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Surgeons who perform this procedure at St. John Oakland Hospital also perform them at other hospitals, thus increasing their total volume. |