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Hospitals with the lowest C. diff infections

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2,985 hospitals ranked by c. diff infections; 2,434 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalC. diff infectionslower is betterSerious complicationslower is betterCentral line bloodstream infectionslower is betterCatheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is betterSurgical site infections (colon)lower is betterSurgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is betterMRSA bloodstream infectionslower is betterCompare
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T649North Vista HospitalNorth Las Vegas, NV · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile0.85, 85th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.40, 50th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.70, 41st percentileCompare North Vista Hospital
T652Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile0.90, 73rd percentile0.71, 31st percentile0.58, 33rd percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc
T652Broward Health Coral SpringsCoral Springs, FL · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile0.82, 90th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.23, 78th percentile1.13, 37th percentile0.31, 74th percentileCompare Broward Health Coral Springs
T652Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville, TN · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile0.84, 87th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.57, 59th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
T652Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile1.04, 28th percentile1.89, 3rd percentile0.95, 13th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—1.42, 9th percentileCompare Glenwood Regional Medical Center
T656Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston, TX · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile0.78, 95th percentile0.47, 51st percentile0.36, 54th percentile0.42, 69th percentile0.70, 59th percentile0.00, 91st percentileCompare Houston Methodist West Hospital
T656Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview, TX · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile0.82, 90th percentile0.34, 63rd percentile0.39, 51st percentile0.22, 79th percentile—0.16, 80th percentileCompare Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center
T656Walker Baptist Medical CenterJasper, AL · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile0.92, 67th percentile1.97, 3rd percentile0.31, 59th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—1.21, 13th percentileCompare Walker Baptist Medical Center
T659AdventHealth ZephyrhillsZephyrhills, FL · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile0.75, 97th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.29, 60th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—1.24, 13th percentileCompare AdventHealth Zephyrhills
T659Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityRedwood City, CA · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile0.91, 70th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.00, 88th percentile3.08, 0th percentile—0.72, 39th percentileCompare Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City
T659Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira, NY · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile2.28, 0th percentile1.55, 5th percentile0.18, 70th percentile1.43, 16th percentile—1.34, 10th percentileCompare Arnot Ogden Medical Center
T659West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim, CA · Acute care0.06, 78th percentile0.79, 94th percentile0.32, 65th percentile0.72, 24th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.48, 61st percentileCompare West Anaheim Medical Center
T663St Francis Hospital - The Heart CenterRoslyn, NY · Acute care0.07, 78th percentile1.10, 19th percentile0.32, 65th percentile0.05, 76th percentile0.28, 76th percentile—0.56, 54th percentileCompare St Francis Hospital - The Heart Center
T663Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange, GA · Acute care0.07, 78th percentile0.90, 73rd percentile0.88, 21st percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.91, 26th percentileCompare Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center
665Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land, TX · Acute care0.07, 78th percentile0.64, 100th percentile0.83, 24th percentile0.11, 74th percentile0.37, 72nd percentile2.41, 9th percentile0.61, 49th percentileCompare Houston Methodist Sugarland Hospital
666Southern Regional Medical CenterRiverdale, GA · Acute care0.07, 78th percentile0.98, 41st percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.00, 88th percentile——0.00, 91st percentileCompare Southern Regional Medical Center
667Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care0.07, 78th percentile1.33, 6th percentile0.85, 23rd percentile0.93, 14th percentile0.69, 51st percentile—1.64, 6th percentileCompare Slidell Memorial Hospital
668Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco, NY · Acute care0.07, 78th percentile0.86, 83rd percentile0.46, 52nd percentile0.69, 25th percentile0.26, 77th percentile0.59, 67th percentile0.00, 91st percentileCompare Northern Westchester Hospital
T669Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg, PA · Acute care0.07, 78th percentile0.86, 83rd percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.50, 64th percentile—0.56, 53rd percentileCompare Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono
T669St Joseph HospitalBethpage, NY · Acute care0.07, 78th percentile1.12, 17th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.26, 63rd percentile0.74, 48th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare St Joseph Hospital
T671Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence, MO · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.98, 41st percentile1.02, 15th percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.76, 47th percentile—0.23, 78th percentileCompare Centerpoint Medical Center
T671Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst, IL · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.89, 75th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.47, 42nd percentile0.61, 57th percentile0.00, 89th percentile1.11, 17th percentileCompare Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
T671Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson, TN · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.95, 55th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Tristar Horizon Medical Center
T671Robert Packer HospitalSayre, PA · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.85, 85th percentile0.43, 55th percentile0.62, 30th percentile0.79, 45th percentile—0.23, 78th percentileCompare Robert Packer Hospital
T675Doctors Hospital Of LaredoLaredo, TX · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.83, 89th percentile0.45, 54th percentile0.00, 88th percentile1.47, 15th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Doctors Hospital Of Laredo
T675Valley Baptist Medical Center- BrownsvilleBrownsville, TX · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.88, 78th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.18, 69th percentile0.61, 57th percentile0.58, 67th percentile1.20, 14th percentileCompare Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville
T675Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta, CA · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.94, 59th percentile0.35, 62nd percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.50, 59th percentileCompare Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
T678Baptist Health LexingtonLexington, KY · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.96, 51st percentile0.23, 71st percentile1.25, 7th percentile1.17, 25th percentile0.92, 44th percentile1.13, 17th percentileCompare Baptist Health Lexington
T678Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.97, 46th percentile0.52, 47th percentile0.34, 55th percentile0.62, 56th percentile—0.50, 59th percentileCompare Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
T678Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile1.04, 28th percentile0.58, 41st percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.50, 65th percentile0.92, 44th percentile1.19, 14th percentileCompare Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital
T678SSM St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis, MO · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.97, 46th percentile1.11, 12th percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.74, 48th percentile0.00, 89th percentile1.78, 4th percentileCompare SSM St Joseph Hospital West
T678Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead, NY · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile1.02, 31st percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.52, 38th percentile1.11, 27th percentile—0.35, 71st percentileCompare Peconic Bay Medical Center
T683Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin, TN · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile1.27, 7th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.46, 63rd percentileCompare Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma
T683Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers, GA · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.90, 73rd percentile1.00, 16th percentile0.84, 18th percentile0.50, 64th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
T683Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes HospitalCamden, NJ · Acute care0.07, 77th percentile0.86, 83rd percentile0.81, 25th percentile0.95, 13th percentile0.79, 44th percentile—1.31, 11th percentileCompare Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital
T686Medical City DentonDenton, TX · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.88, 78th percentile0.14, 77th percentile0.11, 74th percentile0.40, 70th percentile—0.26, 76th percentileCompare Medical City Denton
T686SSM Health DePaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton, MO · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.81, 92nd percentile0.12, 78th percentile0.10, 74th percentile0.32, 75th percentile0.75, 54th percentile0.79, 34th percentileCompare SSM Health DePaul Hospital St Louis
T686Nyack HospitalNyack, NY · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.81, 92nd percentile0.24, 71st percentile0.37, 53rd percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.45, 63rd percentileCompare Nyack Hospital
T689New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing, NY · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.62, 100th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.35, 55th percentile0.50, 65th percentile—0.67, 44th percentileCompare New York-Presbyterian/Queens
T689Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth, TX · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.95, 55th percentile0.90, 20th percentile0.26, 63rd percentile0.00, 91st percentile0.65, 62nd percentile0.00, 91st percentileCompare Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest F
T689Baylor Scott And White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth, TX · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile1.23, 9th percentile0.52, 47th percentile0.52, 38th percentile0.29, 76th percentile0.33, 76th percentile0.60, 50th percentileCompare Baylor Scott And White All Saints Medical Center
T689Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.89, 75th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.39, 51st percentile0.00, 91st percentile—1.95, 3rd percentileCompare Christus Ochsner St Patrick Hospital
T689Hialeah HospitalHialeah, FL · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile1.08, 22nd percentile—0.00, 88th percentile0.00, 91st percentile——Compare Hialeah Hospital
694HCA Florida Trinity HospitalTrinity, FL · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.85, 85th percentile0.56, 44th percentile0.20, 68th percentile0.20, 79th percentile0.00, 89th percentile0.94, 24th percentileCompare HCA Florida Trinity Hospital
695Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg, VA · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.78, 95th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center
696Humboldt Park HealthChicago, IL · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.95, 55th percentile1.13, 12th percentile0.00, 88th percentile——0.00, 91st percentileCompare Humboldt Park Health
T697Longs Peak HospitalLongmont, CO · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.88, 78th percentile0.46, 52nd percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.42, 69th percentile——Compare Longs Peak Hospital
T697Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria, CA · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.67, 99th percentile0.85, 23rd percentile0.24, 64th percentile0.69, 52nd percentile—0.95, 23rd percentileCompare Marian Regional Medical Center
T697Naples Community HospitalNaples, FL · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.93, 63rd percentile0.93, 18th percentile0.36, 54th percentile1.07, 29th percentile2.35, 9th percentile0.87, 29th percentileCompare Naples Community Hospital
T697Southside HospitalBay Shore, NY · Acute care0.08, 77th percentile0.98, 41st percentile0.11, 78th percentile0.05, 76th percentile0.57, 59th percentile1.04, 39th percentile1.11, 17th percentileCompare Southside 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.

C. diff infections
Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (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).
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).