Published on July 25, 2023
Critical Care Unit Celebrates Quality Award
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital’s Critical Care Unit is celebrating a quality milestone! The team has not had a ventilator-associated event in more than 175 days. Ventilator-associated events (VAEs) are complications or infections, including ventilator-associated pneumonia associated with a mechanical ventilator. Patients with a VAE can have a longer duration of mechanical ventilation and a longer length of stay than mechanically ventilated patients without a VAE. This success was a team effort from CCU, Respiratory and providers. Congratulations to our dedicated team on this accomplishment!
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Owensboro Health is a nonprofit health system with a mission to heal the sick and to improve the health of the communities it serves in Kentucky and Indiana. The system includes Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, nationally recognized for design, architecture and engineering; Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital; Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center; the Owensboro Health Medical Group comprised of over 350 providers at more than 30 locations; three outpatient Healthplex facilities, a certified medical fitness facility, the Healthpark; a weight management program, and the Mitchell Memorial Cancer Center.
On average each year, we have more than 19,000 inpatient admissions, deliver 2,000 babies and provide the region’s only Level III NICU. Owensboro Health physicians perform nearly 33,000 surgical procedures, including nearly 150 open-heart surgeries. Our physicians and staff have 90,000 Emergency Department visits and more than 1.25 million outpatient visits annually. Visit our home page for more information.