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Hospitals in South Dakota with the lowest catheter-associated urinary tract infections
5 South Dakota hospitals ranked by catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Avera St Lukes, Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream 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 |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T1 | Avera St Lukes | 0.00, 88th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | — | 1.10, 4th percentile | Compare Avera St Lukes |
| T1 | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | — | — | — | — | 0.67, 14th percentile | Compare Avera Sacred Heart Hospital |
| 3 | Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center | 0.23, 65th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 0.78, 27th percentile | 0.37, 72nd percentile | 0.53, 70th percentile | 0.66, 45th percentile | 0.32, 44th percentile | Compare Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center |
| 4 | Sanford USDMedical Center | 0.52, 38th percentile | 0.64, 100th percentile | 0.26, 69th percentile | 0.60, 58th percentile | 0.82, 50th percentile | 0.55, 55th percentile | 0.35, 40th percentile | Compare Sanford USDMedical Center |
| 5 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital | 0.61, 31st percentile | 1.15, 14th percentile | 0.30, 66th percentile | 0.57, 59th percentile | — | 0.71, 40th percentile | 0.48, 26th percentile | Compare Monument Health Rapid City 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.
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) 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).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) 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).