Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Georgia with the lowest central line bloodstream infections
65 Georgia hospitals ranked by central line bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 51 | Piedmont Newton Hospital | 0.94, 18th percentile | 1.20, 10th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.18, 64th percentile | Compare Piedmont Newton Hospital |
| 52 | Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | 0.99, 16th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.36, 70th percentile | 0.13, 71st percentile | Compare Piedmont Eastside Medical Center |
| 53 | Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | 1.00, 16th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 0.84, 18th percentile | 0.50, 64th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.07, 77th percentile | Compare Piedmont Rockdale Hospital |
| 54 | Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center | 1.02, 15th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.20, 68th percentile | 2.02, 5th percentile | 0.80, 52nd percentile | 0.89, 27th percentile | 0.40, 34th percentile | Compare Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center |
| 55 | Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, Inc | 1.02, 15th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 0.53, 37th percentile | 1.48, 15th percentile | — | 0.28, 75th percentile | 0.35, 39th percentile | Compare Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, Inc |
| 56 | Emory University Hospital | 1.11, 12th percentile | 1.42, 3rd percentile | 0.57, 34th percentile | 0.58, 59th percentile | 0.73, 56th percentile | 0.95, 24th percentile | 0.38, 36th percentile | Compare Emory University Hospital |
| 57 | Emory Hillandale Hospital | 1.16, 11th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 0.43, 46th percentile | — | — | 0.92, 25th percentile | 0.23, 58th percentile | Compare Emory Hillandale Hospital |
| 58 | Northside Hospital | 1.18, 11th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 0.43, 46th percentile | 1.48, 15th percentile | 1.75, 20th percentile | 0.48, 61st percentile | 0.25, 55th percentile | Compare Northside Hospital |
| 59 | Emory Johns Creek Hospital | 1.33, 8th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 1.51, 4th percentile | 1.36, 18th percentile | — | 0.71, 41st percentile | 0.27, 51st percentile | Compare Emory Johns Creek Hospital |
| 60 | Grady Memorial Hospital | 1.33, 8th percentile | 1.23, 9th percentile | 0.35, 55th percentile | 0.70, 51st percentile | 2.81, 6th percentile | 1.30, 11th percentile | 0.29, 48th percentile | Compare Grady Memorial Hospital |
| 61 | Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | 1.47, 6th percentile | 1.92, 1st percentile | 0.49, 41st percentile | 0.88, 38th percentile | — | 1.93, 3rd percentile | 0.13, 71st percentile | Compare Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton |
| 62 | Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | 1.66, 4th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica |
| 63 | Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | 1.84, 3rd percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | — | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Memorial Health Meadows Hospital |
| 64 | Tift Regional Medical Center | 1.85, 3rd percentile | 1.26, 8th percentile | 0.84, 18th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.33, 42nd percentile | Compare Tift Regional Medical Center |
| 65 | Wellstar Douglas Medical Center | 2.21, 2nd percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 0.22, 66th percentile | 2.17, 3rd percentile | — | 0.61, 48th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Wellstar Douglas Medical Center |
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).