Hospital incidents involving foreign objects left in body after surgery The chart below shows the rate of incidents for Arizona hospitals during the past two years, in 2008 and 2009, involving foreign objects left in body after surgery. This Republic analysis, based on 2008-2009 discharge data, indicates how many preventable infections were acquired by patients during their stay in an Arizona hospital. The analysis does not indicate whether Arizona or any single hospital has a high infection rate because few industry standards exist on what is considered excessive. Click on the column headings below to sort the data in ascending and descending order. See related charts: Hospital incidents involving foreign objects left in body after surgery Infection rates for intestinal infection due to clostridium difficile Hospital incidents involving catheter associated urinary tract infection Hospital incidents involving vascular catheter associated infection Hospital incidents involving selected surgical site infections

Source: Arizona Republic analysis of data from the Arizona Department of Health Services.

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