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Quality & Safety Information

At UVA Health Children's, we're honored to be trusted with your child's health. One way we earn that trust is through honesty and transparency. That's why we want to make sure our quality and safety data is freely available. 

Transparency lets patients make informed decisions about their healthcare. It also drives us to improve by creating accountability. 

Quality and safety information is carefully collected and monitored. Much like we check our patients' vitals, these measurements let us know how healthy our hospital is. And give us valuable insights about how we can continue to improve. 

Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI)

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) are a measure of how we avoid infection. These are measured based on the number of infections vs. the number of days all patients had a central line. 

Hand Hygiene Compliance

Hand hygiene measures how well team members adhere to guidelines around washing and sanitizing their hands.

Patient Experience

Our patients report a high level of satisfaction with the care they receive.

Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Rate

Surgical site infections are an important metric of our patient care standards.

Unplanned Extubations

In our pediatric intensive care unit and neonatal intensive care unit, patients sometimes need a tube to breathe. When these tubes become dislodged or removed, it can negatively affect the patient. We measure the number of unplanned extubations.