VETERANS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - WAUKON, IA

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Address

40 1ST STREET SE
WAUKON, IA, 52172

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (563) 568-3411

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Urgent Care Center Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 2.30
Registered Professional Nurses : 30.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 62.50
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 1.00
Dieticians : 1.10
Respiratory Therapists : 1.40
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 3.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 4.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 25
Total Certified: 25

Process of Care

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Here:	88.0%
Iowa:	96.9%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival

Here:	91.0%
Iowa:	97.4%

Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics

Here:	93.0%
State:	97.8%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

Here:	97.0%
Iowa:	93.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	85.0%
State:	94.3%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection

Here:	95.0%
State:	97.8%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)

Here:	79.0%
Iowa:	96.3%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

Here:	84.0%
State:	98.7%

Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot

This Hospital:	94.0%
Iowa:	96.3%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries

This Hospital:	94.0%
Iowa:	97.2%

Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method

This Hospital:	100.0%
Iowa:	99.8%

Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	15.9%
Iowa:	12.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	13.3%
State:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	22.7%
Iowa:	23.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.1%
Iowa:	17.9%

Other nearby nursing homes

GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER (0.03 miles)
NORTHGATE CARE CENTER (0.79 miles)
GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY - POSTVILLE (POSTVILLE, 13.69 miles)
THORNTON MANOR CARE CENTER (LANSING, 13.65 miles)
THORNTON MANOR (LANSING, 13.65 miles)
GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY - WAUKON (0.03 miles)
WELLINGTON PLACE (DECORAH, 13.72 miles)

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