Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Connecticut with the lowest central line bloodstream infections
20 Connecticut hospitals ranked by central line bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Manchester Memorial Hospital, MidState Medical Center, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T1 | Manchester Memorial Hospital | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 0.29, 60th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.55, 21st percentile | Compare Manchester Memorial Hospital |
| T1 | MidState Medical Center | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.71, 98th percentile | 0.24, 64th percentile | 0.54, 61st percentile | — | 0.30, 74th percentile | 0.22, 59th percentile | Compare MidState Medical Center |
| T1 | Charlotte Hungerford Hospital | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 1.44, 16th percentile | — | 1.35, 10th percentile | 0.26, 53rd percentile | Compare Charlotte Hungerford Hospital |
| T1 | Norwalk Hospital | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 0.69, 25th percentile | 0.84, 41st percentile | — | 0.56, 54th percentile | 0.26, 53rd percentile | Compare Norwalk Hospital |
| 5 | Lawrence & Memorial Hospital | 0.13, 77th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 0.19, 68th percentile | 0.92, 36th percentile | — | 0.29, 75th percentile | 0.37, 37th percentile | Compare Lawrence & Memorial Hospital |
| 6 | Middlesex Hospital | 0.21, 73rd percentile | 0.82, 90th percentile | 1.23, 8th percentile | 1.27, 21st percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.12, 72nd percentile | Compare Middlesex Hospital |
| 7 | Waterbury Hospital | 0.22, 72nd percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 0.22, 65th percentile | 0.29, 76th percentile | — | 1.57, 7th percentile | 0.35, 39th percentile | Compare Waterbury Hospital |
| 8 | William W Backus Hospital | 0.22, 72nd percentile | 0.76, 96th percentile | 0.44, 46th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.04, 79th percentile | Compare William W Backus Hospital |
| 9 | Danbury Hospital | 0.23, 72nd percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 0.28, 61st percentile | 1.22, 23rd percentile | 1.56, 26th percentile | 0.24, 78th percentile | 0.18, 65th percentile | Compare Danbury Hospital |
| 10 | Hartford Hospital | 0.23, 71st percentile | 0.67, 99th percentile | 0.14, 72nd percentile | 0.39, 71st percentile | 1.67, 22nd percentile | 0.55, 55th percentile | 0.56, 20th percentile | Compare Hartford Hospital |
| 11 | Saint Mary's Hospital | 0.24, 71st percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 0.73, 23rd percentile | 0.47, 66th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.35, 40th percentile | Compare Saint Mary's Hospital |
| 12 | The Hospital Of Central Connecticut | 0.26, 69th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 0.14, 72nd percentile | 0.55, 60th percentile | 0.52, 71st percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.17, 67th percentile | Compare The Hospital Of Central Connecticut |
| 13 | Greenwich Hospital Association - | 0.37, 61st percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 0.48, 41st percentile | 1.13, 26th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.26, 52nd percentile | Compare Greenwich Hospital Association - |
| 14 | John Dempsey Hospital Of The University Of Connect | 0.56, 43rd percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 0.52, 38th percentile | 1.94, 6th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.50, 24th percentile | Compare John Dempsey Hospital Of The University Of Connect |
| 15 | Yale-New Haven Hospital | 0.57, 42nd percentile | 0.70, 98th percentile | 0.37, 53rd percentile | 0.91, 36th percentile | 0.46, 72nd percentile | 0.58, 52nd percentile | 0.37, 37th percentile | Compare Yale-New Haven Hospital |
| 16 | Bridgeport Hospital | 0.58, 41st percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.39, 71st percentile | 3.02, 4th percentile | 0.51, 58th percentile | 0.27, 52nd percentile | Compare Bridgeport Hospital |
| 17 | Griffin Hospital | 0.61, 39th percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 0.34, 56th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 2.14, 2nd percentile | 0.25, 55th percentile | Compare Griffin Hospital |
| 18 | St Vincent's Medical Center | 0.90, 20th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 1.13, 26th percentile | — | 0.53, 57th percentile | 0.18, 65th percentile | Compare St Vincent's Medical Center |
| 19 | St Francis Hospital & Medical Center | 0.94, 18th percentile | 1.39, 4th percentile | 0.07, 75th percentile | 0.95, 34th percentile | 0.59, 66th percentile | 0.43, 65th percentile | 0.27, 52nd percentile | Compare St Francis Hospital & Medical Center |
| 20 | Stamford Hospital | 1.09, 12th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 0.37, 53rd percentile | 1.03, 30th percentile | — | 0.55, 55th percentile | 0.19, 63rd percentile | Compare Stamford Hospital |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).