Is Piccadilly still planning on opening up here at another location?

The Informer last addressed the question in March 2015. At that time, a company executive said Lake Charles — whose last Piccadilly closed in 2014 — was atop the chain’s list of expansion sites.

The column on Tuesday posed the latest question to Max Jordan, Piccadilly Restaurants’ vice president of marketing.

“While Lake Charles is on the top of our list of markets to return to, we are currently engaged in a refresh strategy for our current locations. Our Sherwood Blvd. and Essen Lane locations in Baton Rouge have been remodeled in the past year,” Jordan wrote in an email.

“We just completed renovations on our Robinson Road location in Jackson and are almost through with major renovation of our I-55 location in Jackson.

“Lastly, we are currently assessing plans for further renovations and anticipate many such projects in the next 12-24 months. However, there is no new construction planned at this time.”

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Online: www.piccadilly.com.

Medicare site features data on infections

Where can you find out the infection rate for a hospital? I’m fixing to have surgery, and I understand there’s a problem with infections.

Visit Medicare’s Hospital Compare website — www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare — and enter a place name or ZIP code, along with a hospital name, if you wish, and then click “Search.”

Once the results appear, click the name of a hospital to see data on it or select up to three hospitals for a data comparison.

When the profile tabs appear, click on “Complications” and then select “Healthcare-associated infections” and click on “View More Details.”

The database will then give you information on infections reported and predicted and an evaluation of the rates at the selected hospitals.

The data cover central-line-associated bloodstream infections in ICUs and certain wards; central-line-associated bloodstream infections in ICUs; catheter-associated urinary tract infections in ICUs and certain wards; catheter-associated urinary tract infections in ICUs only; surgical site infections from colon surgery; surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy; MRSA bloodstream infections; and Clostridium difficile intestinal infections.

The site includes the following three-stage safe surgery checklist:

First critical point (period prior to administering anesthesia)

Verbal confirmation of patient identity.

Mark surgical site.

Check anesthesia machine/medication.

Assessment of allergies, airway and aspiration risk.

Second critical point (period prior to skin incision)

Confirm surgical team members and roles.

Confirm patient identity, procedure and surgical incision site.

Administration of antibiotic prophylaxis within 60 minutes before incision.

Communication among surgical team members of anticipated critical events.

Display of essential imaging as appropriate.

Third critical point (period of closure of incision and prior to patient leaving the operating room)

Confirm the procedure.

Complete count of surgical instruments and accessories.

Identify key patient concerns for recovery and management of the patient.

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Online: www.cdc.gov/hai/state-based/tracking.html.

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The Informer answers questions from readers each Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. It is researched and written by Andrew Perzo, an American Press staff writer. To ask a question, call 494-4098 and leave voice mail, or email informer@americanpress.com.