Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Vermont with the lowest central line bloodstream infections
3 Vermont hospitals ranked by central line bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Central Vermont Medical Center, University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care, Rutland Regional Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | 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 | ||
| 1 | Central Vermont Medical Center | 0.00, 90th percentile | 1.74, 1st percentile | 1.22, 8th percentile | 1.87, 7th percentile | — | — | 0.46, 27th percentile | Compare Central Vermont Medical Center |
| 2 | University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care | 0.71, 31st percentile | 1.34, 5th percentile | 1.13, 9th percentile | 1.29, 21st percentile | 0.00, 89th percentile | 0.15, 80th percentile | 0.50, 25th percentile | Compare University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care |
| 3 | Rutland Regional Medical Center | 0.85, 23rd percentile | 1.38, 4th percentile | 0.85, 17th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.64, 16th percentile | Compare Rutland Regional 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.
- 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).