Hospital rankings
Hospitals in District of Columbia with the lowest catheter-associated urinary tract infections
6 District of Columbia hospitals ranked by catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Howard University Hospital Corp, MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream 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 | ||
| 1 | MedStar Georgetown University Hospital | 0.13, 73rd percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 0.87, 22nd percentile | 0.18, 80th percentile | — | 1.16, 15th percentile | 0.39, 35th percentile | Compare MedStar Georgetown University Hospital |
| 2 | Howard University Hospital Corp | 0.20, 68th percentile | 1.62, 1st percentile | 0.88, 21st percentile | — | — | 0.63, 46th percentile | 0.62, 16th percentile | Compare Howard University Hospital Corp |
| 3 | MedStar Washington Hospital Center | 0.22, 66th percentile | 0.71, 98th percentile | 0.73, 29th percentile | 0.37, 72nd percentile | 1.07, 38th percentile | 0.57, 53rd percentile | 0.27, 52nd percentile | Compare MedStar Washington Hospital Center |
| 4 | George Washington University Hospital | 0.30, 59th percentile | 1.34, 5th percentile | 0.39, 59th percentile | 0.54, 61st percentile | — | 0.14, 81st percentile | 0.36, 38th percentile | Compare George Washington University Hospital |
| 5 | Washington DC VA Medical Center | 0.48, 41st percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 3.01, 1st percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Washington DC VA Medical Center |
| 6 | Sibley Memorial Hospital | 1.05, 10th percentile | 0.68, 99th percentile | 0.25, 70th percentile | 0.46, 67th percentile | 1.61, 24th percentile | 2.27, 2nd percentile | 0.29, 49th percentile | Compare Sibley Memorial 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.
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) 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).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) 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).