Carteret General Hospital Ratings

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Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings

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Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does Carteret General Hospital save lives? 5% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	14%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	15%

Infectious Disease at Carteret General Hospital

Drug resistant bacteria are becoming the largest health facing the United States. There are an increasing number of drug resistant bacteria, including: drug resistant bacteria due primarily to unnecessary and mis-applied use among humans and livestock, patients with hospitalizations for relatively minor reasons can suddenly face lifethreatening illness.

While many hospitals are implementing questionable flu vaccinations¹ for their employees, many fewer have as rigorous solutions for nosocomial MDR infections.

Infectious Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2	0
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	0

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 39m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 37 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 14 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 32 minutes delay before leaving to their room.

Patient Ratings

While customer satisfaction surveys don't necessarily reflect the quality of care provided at the hospital, it can identify some areas that are important standards to maintain, such as managing pain and maintaining a sanitary environment.

Overall Rating: AVERAGE

68% of patients rate the hospital excellent



Footnotes:
¹Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
²C Diff Mortality Rate
³MRSA Mortality Rate

Carteret General Hospital Stories

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Aug 29, 2022, 10:45 PM
Carteret General Hospital: "Not feeling well
1. SEVERE JOINT PAIN IN SHOULDERS,  HIPS, LEFT KNEE AND BOTH ANKLES...
2 LEFT OF BELLY BUTTON PAIN
3. DIFFICULTY BREATHING

I arrived at Carteret hospital at about 1130am today at the urgency of my New Bern urgent care Dr who claimed that my 91 of O2 levels worried him so much that he preferred that I Go to the ER immediately.. I Could've and should've went to Craven ER, bc it was closer,  but I choose to drive 45 mins out the way bc I believed I would get better carE here at CARTERET. I was sadly MISTAKEN & discharged of that belief today! The  NEW BERN Dr gave me documentation to present showing the urgency of my ailment for my arrival he even offered ambulatory service to get me there quickly... upon my arrival to Carteret No one showed Empathy to my distress,  except the admin lady who came out to wheel me in. My son and I Waited in the lobby until 3:45pm we were about to leave when a make nurse cans up to get us and take us to the back.. just to sit me in a Most uncomfortable chair in the back when my hip, back, and buttocks pain was my top complaint! which was never address.. after blood work and Xray no one came to check on us since.. until 630pm when I got irate from waiting so long and promises that I would get a room soon.. so at 630pm when I called to be discharged and have someone remove my IV.. Then all of the sudden the staff got very busy trying to take care of me.. my son and I are starving and i am in an extreme amount of pain in My hips area .. I guess since I wasn't crying and screaming to bring me poison and distress to my body.. no one paid us any attention at least not enough to at least check in me.. even though everyone on the new shift now got busy helping we were still there until about 8pm when my son and I just walked out.. thankful the Dr did say all blood and cray looks clear...I was thankful it took 8 hours to read be results to test taken at 4pm
Ish.. which they tried to reorder bc no one knew they already took midst of them.. I am grateful to the 2nd shift for acting quickly but that whole first shift was handling things horrible.. my sister and my nephew had the same boring delayed experience and lake of care and compassion during there visit.. I guess if your team is to dark.. you are an invaluable patient to be attended too.. in less then 8hrs without demand.. VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED GREATLY! I LOVED BUBBLE BEE ???? LINDA..TY" - Marjorie

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