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Hospitals in North Carolina with the lowest central line bloodstream infections

53 North Carolina hospitals ranked by central line bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, Atrium Health Union, Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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53 hospitals ranked in North Carolina by central line bloodstream infections; 67 more match but have no reported value.

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#	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
T1	Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.91, 70th percentile	0.40, 50th percentile	1.61, 12th percentile	2.46, 8th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	0.21, 60th percentile	Compare Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
T1	Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.18, 12th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.95, 34th percentile	—	0.74, 38th percentile	0.27, 51st percentile	Compare Atrium Health Union
T1	Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.40, 70th percentile	—	—	0.24, 55th percentile	Compare Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
T1	Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.78, 95th percentile	1.22, 8th percentile	0.85, 40th percentile	0.96, 42nd percentile	0.47, 62nd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
T1	Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.27, 7th percentile	0.21, 67th percentile	1.97, 6th percentile	—	0.73, 39th percentile	0.06, 79th percentile	Compare Alamance Regional Medical Center
T1	Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.74, 48th percentile	—	0.75, 37th percentile	0.33, 42nd percentile	Compare Atrium Health Lincoln
T1	Harris Regional HospitalSylva, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.03, 29th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	—	—	0.23, 58th percentile	Compare Harris Regional Hospital
T1	Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.02, 31st percentile	1.68, 3rd percentile	—	—	—	0.94, 6th percentile	Compare Vidant Edgecombe Hospital
T1	Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.29, 49th percentile	Compare Watauga Medical Center
T1	Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.75, 37th percentile	0.18, 65th percentile	Compare Wilkes Regional Medical Center
T1	ECU Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.92, 67th percentile	0.93, 14th percentile	—	—	0.66, 45th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare ECU Health North Hospital
T1	Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	0.88, 16th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Maria Parham Medical Center
T1	Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville, NC · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.19, 11th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	1.85, 4th percentile	0.28, 49th percentile	Compare Onslow Memorial Hospital
14	FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · Acute care	0.19, 74th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.37, 52nd percentile	0.29, 76th percentile	1.22, 35th percentile	0.77, 35th percentile	0.19, 63rd percentile	Compare FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
15	High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · Acute care	0.26, 69th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.84, 18th percentile	1.45, 15th percentile	0.69, 60th percentile	0.37, 70th percentile	0.16, 68th percentile	Compare High Point Regional Health System
16	Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · Acute care	0.27, 69th percentile	1.03, 29th percentile	0.16, 71st percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.80, 34th percentile	0.24, 55th percentile	Compare Atrium Health Cleveland
17	Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · Acute care	0.28, 68th percentile	1.08, 22nd percentile	0.19, 69th percentile	1.26, 22nd percentile	—	0.46, 63rd percentile	0.09, 75th percentile	Compare Moses H. Cone The Memorial Hospital
18	WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · Acute care	0.28, 68th percentile	1.04, 28th percentile	0.19, 68th percentile	0.52, 63rd percentile	—	1.19, 14th percentile	0.23, 58th percentile	Compare WakeMed, Cary Hospital
19	Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · Acute care	0.28, 67th percentile	0.68, 99th percentile	0.33, 57th percentile	0.96, 33rd percentile	1.57, 25th percentile	0.47, 62nd percentile	0.16, 67th percentile	Compare Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery Ce
20	Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · Acute care	0.30, 66th percentile	1.19, 11th percentile	0.82, 18th percentile	0.47, 66th percentile	1.45, 28th percentile	0.82, 32nd percentile	0.27, 51st percentile	Compare Rex Hospital
21	Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · Acute care	0.33, 64th percentile	1.04, 28th percentile	0.36, 54th percentile	0.13, 81st percentile	—	0.50, 59th percentile	0.20, 61st percentile	Compare Caromont Regional Medical Center
22	Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · Acute care	0.33, 63rd percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	0.52, 38th percentile	0.74, 48th percentile	—	0.21, 79th percentile	0.10, 75th percentile	Compare Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast
23	UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · Acute care	0.36, 61st percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare UNC Lenoir Health Care
24	Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · Acute care	0.37, 61st percentile	1.04, 28th percentile	0.30, 59th percentile	0.49, 65th percentile	—	0.42, 66th percentile	0.29, 49th percentile	Compare Atrium Health Pineville
25	Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care	0.40, 58th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.52, 38th percentile	0.94, 34th percentile	0.41, 74th percentile	0.38, 69th percentile	0.28, 50th percentile	Compare Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
26	Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · Acute care	0.41, 57th percentile	1.01, 33rd percentile	0.59, 33rd percentile	1.29, 21st percentile	1.37, 30th percentile	0.60, 50th percentile	0.22, 59th percentile	Compare Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
27	WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care	0.42, 56th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	0.24, 64th percentile	1.77, 9th percentile	1.45, 28th percentile	0.47, 62nd percentile	0.21, 61st percentile	Compare WakeMed, Raleigh Campus
28	ECU Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · Acute care	0.51, 48th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	0.54, 37th percentile	1.29, 20th percentile	0.91, 44th percentile	0.91, 26th percentile	0.28, 49th percentile	Compare ECU Health Medical Center
29	Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · Acute care	0.56, 43rd percentile	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.95, 13th percentile	0.30, 75th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.35, 40th percentile	Compare Carolina East Medical Center
30	Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care	0.57, 43rd percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	0.24, 64th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.30, 74th percentile	0.20, 61st percentile	Compare Duke Regional Hospital
31	Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care	0.58, 42nd percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	1.26, 7th percentile	0.54, 62nd percentile	0.80, 52nd percentile	0.35, 71st percentile	0.15, 69th percentile	Compare Catawba Valley Medical Center
T32	Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · Acute care	0.63, 36th percentile	0.80, 93rd percentile	1.22, 8th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.79, 34th percentile	0.28, 50th percentile	Compare Johnston Health
T32	UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · Acute care	0.63, 36th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	1.15, 9th percentile	2.75, 1st percentile	—	1.68, 5th percentile	0.04, 80th percentile	Compare UNC Health Nash
34	Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · Acute care	0.71, 31st percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.58, 33rd percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.06, 78th percentile	Compare Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc
35	Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care	0.73, 30th percentile	1.10, 19th percentile	0.37, 52nd percentile	1.05, 30th percentile	1.37, 30th percentile	0.59, 51st percentile	0.40, 34th percentile	Compare Duke University Hospital
36	North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care	0.75, 28th percentile	1.08, 22nd percentile	0.24, 64th percentile	1.31, 20th percentile	2.04, 14th percentile	1.13, 17th percentile	0.35, 39th percentile	Compare North Carolina Baptist Hospital
37	Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care	0.79, 26th percentile	0.69, 99th percentile	0.23, 65th percentile	1.15, 26th percentile	0.68, 60th percentile	0.64, 46th percentile	0.15, 69th percentile	Compare Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center
38	Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Acute care	0.80, 26th percentile	1.06, 25th percentile	1.29, 6th percentile	1.51, 14th percentile	1.84, 17th percentile	0.42, 66th percentile	0.53, 22nd percentile	Compare Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
39	Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · Acute care	0.95, 17th percentile	0.86, 83rd percentile	2.12, 1st percentile	—	—	—	0.61, 17th percentile	Compare Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital
40	Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · Acute care	0.99, 16th percentile	1.01, 33rd percentile	0.43, 46th percentile	1.22, 23rd percentile	—	0.43, 65th percentile	0.23, 58th percentile	Compare Atrium Health University City
41	Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · Acute care	1.01, 16th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	0.34, 56th percentile	1.04, 30th percentile	0.80, 52nd percentile	0.32, 73rd percentile	0.33, 43rd percentile	Compare Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral Health
42	UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care	1.02, 15th percentile	0.92, 67th percentile	0.69, 25th percentile	0.80, 44th percentile	0.64, 64th percentile	0.70, 41st percentile	0.61, 17th percentile	Compare UNC Hospitals
43	Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · Acute care	1.02, 15th percentile	1.10, 19th percentile	1.12, 9th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	1.83, 4th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Sentara Albemarle Medical Center
44	Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · Acute care	1.06, 14th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	0.31, 59th percentile	0.59, 58th percentile	—	0.53, 57th percentile	0.17, 66th percentile	Compare Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
45	Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · Acute care	1.17, 11th percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.47, 43rd percentile	0.81, 43rd percentile	—	1.24, 13th percentile	0.16, 68th percentile	Compare Southeastern Regional Medical Center
46	Durham VA Medical CenterDurham, NC · Veterans Affairs	1.27, 9th percentile	1.51, 2nd percentile	1.27, 7th percentile	—	—	—	—	Compare Durham VA Medical Center
47	Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · Acute care	1.29, 8th percentile	1.08, 22nd percentile	0.47, 42nd percentile	0.93, 35th percentile	—	—	0.51, 24th percentile	Compare Caldwell Memorial Hospital
48	UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · Acute care	1.39, 7th percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	0.83, 18th percentile	1.79, 8th percentile	—	4.08, 0th percentile	0.23, 57th percentile	Compare UNC Health Care Wayne
49	Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · Acute care	1.96, 3rd percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	—	—	—	1.92, 3rd percentile	0.21, 61st percentile	Compare Wilson Medical Center
50	Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · Acute care	1.96, 3rd percentile	1.07, 23rd percentile	2.11, 1st percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	2.77, 0th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Columbus Regional Healthcare System

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).