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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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#	Hospital	C. diff infectionslower is better	Serious complicationslower is better	Central line bloodstream infectionslower 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	Compare
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T1796	Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville, PA · Acute care	0.35, 40th percentile	0.84, 87th percentile	1.54, 5th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street
T1796	Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia, MD · Acute care	0.35, 40th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	0.47, 51st percentile	0.35, 55th percentile	1.75, 9th percentile	—	0.26, 76th percentile	Compare Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
T1796	Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie, NY · Acute care	0.35, 40th percentile	1.08, 22nd percentile	0.52, 47th percentile	0.14, 72nd percentile	0.28, 77th percentile	2.75, 6th percentile	0.60, 49th percentile	Compare Vassar Brothers Medical Center
T1796	DeKalb Regional Medical CenterFort Payne, AL · Acute care	0.35, 40th percentile	1.02, 31st percentile	—	1.38, 6th percentile	—	—	—	Compare DeKalb Regional Medical Center
T1805	Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.72, 98th percentile	0.34, 63rd percentile	0.38, 52nd percentile	0.51, 64th percentile	1.09, 38th percentile	0.80, 33rd percentile	Compare Hackensack University Medical Center
T1805	Sutter Davis HospitalDavis, CA · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Sutter Davis Hospital
T1805	Ochsner LSU Health MonroeMonroe, LA · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.51, 48th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	1.94, 3rd percentile	Compare Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
T1805	UMass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester, MA · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	0.47, 51st percentile	0.42, 48th percentile	0.84, 41st percentile	2.23, 11th percentile	0.91, 26th percentile	Compare UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
T1805	Watsonville Community HospitalWatsonville, CA · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Watsonville Community Hospital
T1810	Medical City LewisvilleLewisville, TX · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.41, 57th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Medical City Lewisville
T1810	Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GA · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	1.02, 31st percentile	1.02, 15th percentile	0.53, 37th percentile	1.48, 15th percentile	—	0.28, 75th percentile	Compare Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, Inc
T1810	Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton, CA · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	0.73, 30th percentile	0.86, 17th percentile	0.24, 78th percentile	—	0.79, 34th percentile	Compare Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
T1813	Mercy Hospital LebanonLebanon, MO · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Mercy Hospital Lebanon
T1813	North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	1.08, 22nd percentile	0.75, 28th percentile	0.24, 64th percentile	1.31, 20th percentile	2.04, 14th percentile	1.13, 17th percentile	Compare North Carolina Baptist Hospital
T1813	Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights, IL · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.74, 97th percentile	0.51, 48th percentile	0.41, 49th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	1.25, 12th percentile	Compare Northwest Community Hospital 1
T1813	Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover, NH · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.75, 97th percentile	0.62, 37th percentile	0.60, 31st percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
T1813	Waterbury HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	1.18, 12th percentile	0.22, 72nd percentile	0.22, 65th percentile	0.29, 76th percentile	—	1.57, 7th percentile	Compare Waterbury Hospital
T1813	UCI Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos, CA · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	1.19, 11th percentile	1.75, 4th percentile	0.87, 16th percentile	0.85, 40th percentile	—	1.73, 5th percentile	Compare UCI Health - Los Alamitos
T1819	Metro Nashville General HospitalNashville, TN · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Metro Nashville General Hospital
T1819	Graham Hospital AssociationCanton, IL · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Graham Hospital Association
T1819	UVA Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas, VA · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.81, 92nd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.82, 43rd percentile	—	0.40, 68th percentile	Compare UVA Health Prince William Medical Center
T1819	Wyandotte Hospital And Medical CenterWyandotte, MI · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	1.16, 13th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	1.05, 29th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.47, 62nd percentile	Compare Wyandotte Hospital And Medical Center
T1823	Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield, IL · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.72, 98th percentile	0.29, 67th percentile	0.45, 45th percentile	1.63, 11th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.30, 74th percentile	Compare Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
T1823	Kettering Health DaytonDayton, OH · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.70, 31st percentile	0.12, 74th percentile	1.27, 21st percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.80, 33rd percentile	Compare Kettering Health Dayton
T1823	St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · Acute care	0.35, 39th percentile	1.06, 25th percentile	0.88, 21st percentile	1.65, 3rd percentile	2.12, 4th percentile	—	0.67, 43rd percentile	Compare St Joseph Hospital
T1826	Chelsea HospitalChelsea, MI · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	1.11, 18th percentile	—	0.58, 33rd percentile	1.18, 24th percentile	—	—	Compare Chelsea Hospital
T1826	University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood, OH · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	0.84, 87th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.52, 38th percentile	1.33, 19th percentile	—	2.61, 1st percentile	Compare University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center
T1828	Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc, MI · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	1.02, 31st percentile	0.41, 57th percentile	0.37, 53rd percentile	1.01, 31st percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.61, 48th percentile	Compare Ascension Genesys Hospital
T1828	Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton, TN · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	0.92, 67th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Sycamore Shoals Hospital
T1828	McLaren Bay RegionBay City, MI · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.45, 44th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	1.15, 16th percentile	Compare McLaren Bay Region
T1831	The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore, MD · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	1.17, 12th percentile	0.82, 25th percentile	0.60, 31st percentile	0.83, 42nd percentile	0.65, 62nd percentile	0.30, 74th percentile	Compare The Johns Hopkins Hospital
T1831	Reading HospitalWest Reading, PA · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	1.17, 12th percentile	0.49, 49th percentile	0.61, 31st percentile	1.42, 16th percentile	3.02, 5th percentile	0.71, 40th percentile	Compare Reading Hospital
T1831	Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg, PA · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	1.19, 11th percentile	0.19, 74th percentile	0.13, 73rd percentile	0.40, 71st percentile	—	1.12, 17th percentile	Compare Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital
T1831	Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel, NY · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Putnam Hospital Center
T1835	NKC HealthNorth Kansas City, MO · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	1.21, 10th percentile	0.54, 45th percentile	0.83, 18th percentile	0.55, 61st percentile	0.79, 53rd percentile	0.37, 70th percentile	Compare NKC Health
T1835	Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland, PA · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	1.57, 2nd percentile	0.27, 68th percentile	0.14, 72nd percentile	—	—	0.35, 71st percentile	Compare Crozer Chester Medical Center
T1837	Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding, CA · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	1.23, 9th percentile	0.20, 74th percentile	0.25, 63rd percentile	0.62, 56th percentile	—	0.61, 49th percentile	Compare Mercy Medical Center Redding
T1837	Palestine Regional Medical CenterPalestine, TX · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	1.05, 26th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Palestine Regional Medical Center
T1837	ProMedica Monroe Regional HospitalMonroe, MI · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	1.19, 11th percentile	1.18, 11th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	2.27, 3rd percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital
T1840	Olympic Medical CenterPort Angeles, WA · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	0.83, 89th percentile	0.81, 25th percentile	1.11, 9th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	—	Compare Olympic Medical Center
T1840	Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	1.44, 3rd percentile	0.94, 18th percentile	0.47, 42nd percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.29, 75th percentile	Compare Lovelace Medical Center
T1842	Adventist Health St HelenaSaint Helena, CA · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	1.22, 9th percentile	0.57, 43rd percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Adventist Health St Helena
T1842	AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	0.86, 22nd percentile	—	1.11, 27th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare AdventHealth Gordon
T1842	Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta, CA · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	1.20, 10th percentile	0.77, 27th percentile	0.86, 17th percentile	0.66, 54th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.59, 51st percentile	Compare Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital
T1842	North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo, MS · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	1.15, 14th percentile	0.82, 24th percentile	1.26, 7th percentile	2.36, 2nd percentile	—	0.28, 75th percentile	Compare North Mississippi Medical Center
T1842	Samaritan HospitalMoses Lake, WA · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	1.15, 14th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Samaritan Hospital
T1842	University Of Louisville HospitalLouisville, KY · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	0.91, 70th percentile	0.59, 40th percentile	0.85, 17th percentile	1.59, 12th percentile	0.56, 68th percentile	1.28, 11th percentile	Compare University Of Louisville Hospital
T1848	Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	0.80, 93rd percentile	0.50, 48th percentile	0.98, 12th percentile	0.19, 79th percentile	—	0.61, 49th percentile	Compare Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
T1848	Vanderbilt Bedford HospitalShelbyville, TN · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital
T1848	Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette, IN · Acute care	0.36, 38th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	0.50, 49th percentile	1.58, 4th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Franciscan Health Lafayette

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).