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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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T1697Baptist Health Medical Center North Little RockNorth Little Rock, AR · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile0.94, 59th percentile0.12, 78th percentile0.32, 58th percentile1.94, 6th percentile—0.82, 32nd percentileCompare Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock
T1702Riverside Doctors' Hospital Of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg, VA · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile1.04, 28th percentile—————Compare Riverside Doctors' Hospital Of Williamsburg
T1702St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton, PA · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile0.86, 83rd percentile—0.00, 88th percentile———Compare St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
T1702Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance, CA · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile1.36, 5th percentile0.65, 36th percentile1.02, 11th percentile0.66, 54th percentile1.26, 33rd percentile0.75, 37th percentileCompare Torrance Memorial Medical Center
T1702Integris Baptist Medical Center, IncOklahoma City, OK · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile0.84, 87th percentile0.38, 60th percentile0.32, 58th percentile0.96, 33rd percentile1.34, 31st percentile1.36, 10th percentileCompare Integris Baptist Medical Center, Inc
T1706Mosaic Life Care At St JosephSaint Joseph, MO · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile1.12, 17th percentile1.08, 13th percentile0.60, 31st percentile1.39, 17th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph
T1706UNC RockinghamEden, NC · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile0.95, 55th percentile—————Compare UNC Rockingham
T1706Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring, MD · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile1.08, 22nd percentile0.21, 73rd percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center
T1706Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village, IL · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile0.96, 51st percentile0.43, 55th percentile0.43, 46th percentile0.88, 38th percentile0.88, 46th percentile0.89, 28th percentileCompare Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1
T1706Regional Hospital Of ScrantonScranton, PA · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile0.93, 63rd percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.00, 88th percentile1.44, 16th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Regional Hospital Of Scranton
T1711UCHealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch, CO · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile0.76, 96th percentile0.32, 64th percentile0.41, 49th percentile0.46, 67th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
T1711Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield, MA · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile1.11, 18th percentile0.17, 76th percentile0.23, 65th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.58, 52nd percentileCompare Berkshire Medical Center
T1711Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton, VA · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile0.88, 78th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.48, 41st percentile0.89, 38th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Sentara Careplex Hospital
T1711Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke, VA · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile1.00, 35th percentile0.66, 35th percentile0.59, 32nd percentile1.35, 19th percentile0.00, 89th percentile0.72, 39th percentileCompare Carilion Medical Center
T1711Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South BayHarbor City, CA · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile0.89, 75th percentile1.08, 13th percentile0.75, 22nd percentile0.82, 43rd percentile—0.59, 51st percentileCompare Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay
T1711Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevue, WA · Acute care0.33, 43rd percentile0.98, 41st percentile0.58, 41st percentile0.18, 70th percentile0.91, 36th percentile2.97, 5th percentile0.70, 41st percentileCompare Overlake Hospital Medical Center & Clinics
T1717Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg, PA · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile0.96, 51st percentile—————Compare Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
T1717Berkeley Medical CenterMartinsburg, WV · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile1.00, 35th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.25, 63rd percentile1.80, 8th percentile—1.15, 16th percentileCompare Berkeley Medical Center
T1717Memorial HealthcareOwosso, MI · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile1.04, 28th percentile1.62, 5th percentile0.43, 46th percentile0.54, 61st percentile——Compare Memorial Healthcare
T1717Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton, GA · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile1.26, 8th percentile1.85, 3rd percentile0.84, 18th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Tift Regional Medical Center
T1717Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo, NY · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile2.09, 0th percentile0.64, 36th percentile0.25, 63rd percentile0.51, 64th percentile—0.67, 44th percentileCompare Erie County Medical Center
T1717Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle, NY · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile0.94, 59th percentile1.31, 8th percentile0.47, 42nd percentile——0.85, 30th percentileCompare Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
1723Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile0.97, 46th percentile—————Compare Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
T1724Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile0.90, 73rd percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.74, 48th percentile—0.75, 37th percentileCompare Atrium Health Lincoln
T1724University Of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore, MD · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile1.03, 29th percentile1.02, 15th percentile0.91, 14th percentile1.37, 18th percentile1.54, 26th percentile0.59, 50th percentileCompare University Of Maryland Medical Center
T1726Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs, TX · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile0.94, 59th percentile—0.60, 31st percentile———Compare Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs
T1726Hamilton Medical CenterDalton, GA · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile0.93, 63rd percentile0.23, 72nd percentile0.32, 58th percentile0.64, 55th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Hamilton Medical Center
T1726Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile0.98, 41st percentile0.32, 64th percentile0.23, 65th percentile1.12, 27th percentile1.97, 15th percentile1.59, 6th percentileCompare Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc
T1726Harlan ARH HospitalHarlan, KY · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile0.97, 46th percentile—————Compare Harlan ARH Hospital
T1726Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland, CA · Acute care0.33, 42nd percentile1.01, 33rd percentile0.71, 30th percentile0.56, 35th percentile2.20, 3rd percentile—0.88, 28th percentileCompare Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond
T1731Evergreenhealth Medical CenterKirkland, WA · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.75, 97th percentile0.71, 31st percentile0.64, 28th percentile0.33, 74th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Evergreenhealth Medical Center
T1731St Lukes HospitalChesterfield, MO · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.93, 63rd percentile0.67, 34th percentile0.46, 43rd percentile0.24, 78th percentile1.50, 27th percentile0.64, 46th percentileCompare St Lukes Hospital
T1731Trinity Health Livingston HospitalHowell, MI · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.92, 67th percentile—————Compare Trinity Health Livingston Hospital
T1731Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile1.00, 35th percentile0.46, 52nd percentile0.19, 69th percentile0.35, 73rd percentile1.22, 35th percentile0.81, 33rd percentileCompare Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
T1731Community Hospital Of Anderson And Madison CountyAnderson, IN · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.89, 75th percentile1.83, 4th percentile0.00, 88th percentile2.08, 4th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Community Hospital Of Anderson And Madison County
T1736Sacred Heart HospitalPensacola, FL · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.77, 95th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.06, 76th percentile0.78, 46th percentile2.34, 9th percentile0.78, 35th percentileCompare Sacred Heart Hospital
T1736Wood County HospitalBowling Green, OH · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile1.01, 33rd percentile—————Compare Wood County Hospital
T1738Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, LLCOklahoma City, OK · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile1.01, 33rd percentile—————Compare Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, LLC
T1738UH St John Medical CenterWestlake, OH · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.86, 83rd percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.00, 88th percentile0.00, 91st percentile—0.84, 31st percentileCompare UH St John Medical Center
T1738Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton, OH · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile1.08, 22nd percentile1.58, 5th percentile0.00, 88th percentile1.98, 5th percentile—0.63, 46th percentileCompare Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital
T1738Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.94, 59th percentile—0.00, 88th percentile0.78, 45th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Haywood Regional Medical Center
T1738Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins, GA · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile1.12, 17th percentile0.70, 31st percentile0.88, 16th percentile0.59, 58th percentile—0.70, 41st percentileCompare Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins
T1738Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose, CA · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.84, 87th percentile0.54, 45th percentile1.08, 10th percentile1.56, 13th percentile—0.48, 61st percentileCompare Good Samaritan Hospital
T1744Kaiser Foundation Hospital, RiversideRiverside, CA · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.85, 85th percentile0.36, 61st percentile0.78, 20th percentile0.88, 39th percentile—0.00, 91st percentileCompare Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Riverside
T1744Ascension St John Medical CenterTulsa, OK · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile1.11, 18th percentile0.88, 21st percentile0.49, 41st percentile2.01, 5th percentile2.05, 14th percentile0.38, 69th percentileCompare Ascension St John Medical Center
T1744Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.95, 55th percentile0.78, 27th percentile1.88, 2nd percentile——0.33, 73rd percentileCompare Cambridge Health Alliance
T1744Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield, MO · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.77, 95th percentile1.09, 13th percentile0.55, 35th percentile1.19, 24th percentile3.10, 4th percentile0.52, 57th percentileCompare Mercy Hospital Springfield
T1744Springhill Medical CenterMobile, AL · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile0.97, 46th percentile0.00, 90th percentile0.37, 53rd percentile0.80, 44th percentile0.00, 89th percentile0.76, 36th percentileCompare Springhill Medical Center
T1744Harper University HospitalDetroit, MI · Acute care0.34, 42nd percentile1.93, 1st percentile0.83, 24th percentile0.18, 69th percentile0.50, 65th percentile—0.90, 27th percentileCompare Harper University Hospital
T1750St Johns Medical CenterJackson, WY · Acute care0.34, 41st percentile1.20, 10th percentile—————Compare St Johns 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.

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).