Monmouth Medical Center Earns "A" Grade On Leapfrog Report

LONG BRANCH, NJ - Monmouth Medical Center was one 22 New Jersey hospitals to receive an "A" grade from a nationwide hospital safety analysis conducted by the non profit Leapfrog Group

The Leapfrog Group released its twice-yearly hospital safety grades on Tuesday and found that hospitals overall have improved in reducing the number of avoidable deaths. The group assessed roughly 2,500 hospitals.

The report examined hospital protocols and judged how they handle infections, medical errors, injuries, accidents and staffing.

The assessment system assigned school-style letter grades to general acute-care hospitals. The mission was to determine a patient's risk of further injury or infection if they visit a certain hospital.

Monmouth had perfect scores when it came to preventing urinary tract infections and blood infections in hospitalized patients, not leaving objects in patients' bodies after surgery, tracking and reducing risks in patients, preventing air bubbles in blood and adequate handwashing practices.

The analysis found that Monmouth had enough doctors, nurses and staff for patients.

But there was some need for need for improvement when it came to surgical site infections after colon surg ery, preventing c diff infections and wounds splitting open after surgery, according to the Leapfrog findings.

New Jersey was one of 10 states to have a hospital that received an "F."

University Hospital in Newark got an "F." The hospital was reported to have a variety of problems related to infections, surgery and doctors, nurses and hospital staff, according to Leapfrog.

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