Learn about hip replacement surgery and knee replacement surgery.

Find your hospital's scores.

Year 1: Oct. 1, 2003 - Sept. 30, 2004; Year 2: Oct. 1, 2004 - Sept. 30, 2005;
Year 3: Oct. 1, 2005 - Sept. 30, 2006; Year 4: Oct. 1, 2006 - Sept. 30, 2007

The national average scores are from Oct. 1, 2006 - Sept. 30, 2007.

The chart above shows that Fairview has improved our score by 20 percent since 2004. Fairview continues to aim higher than average and hopes to improve its score, bringing a higher quality of care to hospital inpatients who receive hip and knee replacements.

Goals for hip and knee replacement care include:

• Preventive antibiotics given to the patient within one hour prior to surgery and discontinued within 24 hours after surgery.

Read more about Fairview's CMS measures.