280 hospitals with the lowest MRSA rates

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In the U.S., 280 hospitals have a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection rate of zero, as based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS.

The Healthcare-Associated Infections-Hospital database uses measures — developed by the CDC and collected through the National Healthcare Safety Network — that show how often patients contract certain infections during the course of medical treatment. The most recent data was collected from October 2023 to September 2024 and updated Aug. 6. 

The CDC calculates a standardized infection ratio, which may take into account care location, number of patients with an existing infection, lab methods, hospital affiliation with a medical school, hospital bed size, patient age and patient health. The measures apply to all patients treated in acute care hospitals, including adult, pediatric, neonatal, Medicare and non-Medicare patients, according to the CMS data dictionary.

Here are the 280 hospitals by state:

Alabama

Athens Limestone Hospital

Decatur Morgan Hospital-Decatur Campus

Flowers Hospital (Dothan)

Helen Keller Hospital (Sheffield)

North Alabama Medical Center (Florence)

Walker Baptist Medical Center (Jasper)

Arizona

Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital (Glendale)
Banner Gateway Medical Center (Gilbert)
HonorHealth Mountain Vista Medical Center (Mesa)
Northwest Medical Center (Tucson)
St. Joseph’s Hospital (Tucson)
Valleywise Health Medical Center (Phoenix)

Arkansas

Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas (Rogers)

National Park Medical Center (Hot Springs)

St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center (Russellville)

California

Adventist Health Simi Valley

Community Hospital of San Bernardino

Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (Martinez)

Desert Valley Hospital (Victorville)

Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital (Glendora)

Emanuel Medical Center (Turlock)

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Baldwin Park

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Panorama City

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Redwood City 

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Francisco

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Leandro 

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-South San Francisco

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Vacaville

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Walnut Creek

Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Thousand Oaks)

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital (Los Angeles)

MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills)

Mercy Hospital of Folsom

Mission Community Hospital (Panorama City)

Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center (Riverside)

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills)

San Gabriel Valley Medical Center

Sherman Oaks Hospital

Southern California Hospital at Hollywood 

Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton)

St. Mary’s Medical Center (San Francisco)

Tenet Health Central Coast Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center (San Luis Obispo)

Whittier Hospital Medical Center

Colorado

Boulder Community Health

Centura Health-St. Anthony North Health Campus (Westminster)

Good Samaritan Medical Center (Lafayette)

HCA HealthOne Rose (Denver)

Parker Adventist Hospital

Poudre Valley Hospital (Fort Collins)

UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

Connecticut

Danbury Hospital 

Manchester Memorial Hospital 

Stamford Hospital

District of Columbia

Sibley Memorial Hospital

Florida

AdventHealth DeLand 

AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway

AdventHealth Wesley Chapel 

Cape Coral Hospital

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital (Vero Beach)

HCA Florida Lake City Hospital

HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital

HCA Florida University Hospital (Davie)

Jupiter Medical Center

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center (Bradenton)

Mease Dunedin Hospital

Memorial Hospital Miramar 

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center 

Sarasota Memorial Hospital-Venice (North Venice)

ShorePoint Health Port Charlotte 

University Hospital and Medical Center (Tamarac)

Viera Hospital (Melbourne)

Georgia

Colquitt Regional Medical Center (Moultrie)

Emory Hillandale Hospital (Lithonia)

Fairview Park Hospital (Dublin)

Memorial Satilla Health (Waycross)

Northside Hospital Duluth 

Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Snellville)

Piedmont Newton Hospital (Covington)

Tift Regional Medical Center (Tifton)

Wellstar Paulding Medical Center (Hiram)

Hawaii

Adventist Health Castle (Kailua)

Idaho

Kootenai Health (Coeur d’Alene)

St. Luke’s Nampa Medical Center

Illinois

Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital

Advocate Sherman Hospital (Elgin)

Alexian Brothers Medical Center (Elk Grove Village)

Alton Memorial Hospital

Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center (Chicago)

Carle BroMenn Medical Center (Normal)

Copley Memorial Hospital (Aurora)

Decatur Memorial Hospital

Holy Cross Hospital (Chicago)

Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital (Melrose Park)

Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital

Northwestern Medicine McHenry

Riverside Medical Center (Kankakee)

St. Anthony Hospital (Chicago)

St. Alexius Medical Center (Hoffman Estates)

St. Bernard Hospital (Chicago)

Indiana

Ascension St. Vincent Evansville

Columbus Regional Hospital

Community Hospital North (Indianapolis)

Community Howard Regional Health (Kokomo)

Dupont Hospital (Fort Wayne)

Hendricks Regional Health (Danville)

Lutheran Hospital of Indiana (Fort Wayne)

Norton Clark Hospital (Jeffersonville)

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center (Mishawaka)

Iowa

Allen Hospital (Waterloo)

CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs 

Methodist Jennie Edmundson (Council Bluffs)

MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center

Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center (West Burlington)

University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown (Iowa City)

Kansas

AdventHealth Shawnee Mission (Shawnee Mission)

Menorah Medical Center (Overland Park)

St. Luke’s South Hospital (Overland Park)

University of Kansas Health System-St. Francis Campus (Topeka)

Kentucky

Deaconess Henderson Hospital

Frankfort Regional Medical Center 

Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Somerset)

St. Elizabeth Florence

T J Samson Community Hospital (Glasgow)

Louisiana

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St. Mary Medical Center

Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

Maine

Central Maine Medical Center (Lewiston)

Maryland

Carroll Hospital Center (Westminster)

Greater Baltimore Medical Center 

MedStar Montgomery Medical Center (Olney)

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital (Leonardtown)

Meritus Medical Center (Hagerstown)

University of MD St. Joseph Medical Center (Towson)

Massachusetts

Holy Family Hospital (Methuen)

Mercy Medical Center (Springfield)

Sturdy Memorial Hospital (Attleboro)

Michigan

Ascension Macomb Oakland Hosp–Warren Campus

Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and Novi

Garden City Hospital 

Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph 

McLaren Bay Region (Bay City)

McLaren Oakland (Pontiac)

Minnesota

Essentia Health Duluth

M Health Fairview St John’s Hospital (Maplewood)

M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital (Woodbury)

Maple Grove Hospital 

Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital (Saint Louis Park)

Ridgeview Medical Center (Waconia)

Mississippi

Baptist Memorial Hospital North MS (Oxford)

Magnolia Regional Health Center (Corinth)

Merit Health Central (Jackson)

Merit Health River Region (Vicksburg)

Ochsner Rush Hospital (Meridian)

Missouri

Lee’s Summit Medical Center 

Liberty Hospital

St. Luke’s North Hospital (Kansas City)

University Health Lakewood Medical Center (Kansas City)

Nebraska

Bellevue Medical Center

CHI Health St. Elizabeth (Lincoln)

Nevada

North Vista Hospital (North Las Vegas)

Renown South Meadows Medical Center (Reno)

New Hampshire

Exeter Hospital 

Portsmouth Regional Hospital

New Jersey

AHS Hospital Corp (Hackettstown)

Bayshore Medical Center (Holmdel)

CarePoint Health–Christ Hospital (Jersey City)

CareWell Health Medical Center (East Orange)

Chilton Medical Center (Pompton Plains)

Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill (Elmer)

Monmouth Medical Center (Long Branch)

St. Michael’s Medical Center (Newark)

Southern Ocean Medical Center (Manahawkin)

New Mexico

Lovelace Women’s Hospital (Albuquerque)

San Juan Regional Medical Center (Farmington)

New York

Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Elmira)

Glens Falls Hospital 

Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern

Kenmore Mercy Hospital

Metropolitan Hospital Center (New York City)

Mount St. Mary’s Hospital & Health Center (Lewiston)

Northern Dutchess Hospital (Rhinebeck)

Olean General Hospital

Phelps Hospital (Sleepy Hollow)

St. Charles Hospital (Port Jefferson)

Vassar Brothers Medical Center (Poughkeepsie)

North Carolina

Alamance Regional Medical Center (Burlington)

Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals (Morganton)

Frye Regional Medical Center (Hickory)

Iredell Memorial Hospital (Statesville)

Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center 

Scotland Memorial Hospital (Laurinburg)

Ohio

Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe)

Fairfield Medical Center (Lancaster)

Holzer Medical Center (Gallipolis)

Lake Health (Concord)

Lima Memorial Health System

Marymount Hospital (Garfield Heights)

Mercy Health-Fairfield Hospital

MH St. Joseph Warren Hospital (Warren)

Southern Ohio Medical Center (Portsmouth)

Trumbull Regional Medical Center (Warren)

UH Regional Hospitals (Chardon)

University Hospitals-Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood)

University Hospitals-Elyria Medical Center

Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy)

Oklahoma

Hillcrest Hospital South (Tulsa)

St. Francis Hospital Muskogee

Oregon

Kaiser Foundation Hospital Westside (Hillsboro)

Sky Lakes Medical Center (Klamath Falls)

Pennsylvania

AHN Wexford Hospital

Eagleville Hospital

Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center (Meadowbrook)

Millcreek Community Hospital (Erie)

Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center (Camp Hill)

Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street (Pottsville)

St. Luke’s Hospital-Monroe Campus (Stroudsburg)

St. Luke’s Quakertown Hospital

UPMC Northwest (Seneca)

UPMC Williamsport

WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

Rhode Island

Our Lady of Fatima Hospital (North Providence)

Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (Providence)

South Carolina

Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital (Spartanburg)

Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital (Sumter)

Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital (Murrells Inlet)

Tennessee

Greeneville Community Hospital 

Maury Regional Hospital (Columbia)

Texas

Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Lake Pointe (Rowlett)

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Plano

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Round Rock 

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Sunnyvale

Citizens Medical Center (Victoria)

Dallas Regional Medical Center (Mesquite)

Huntsville Memorial Hospital

Knapp Medical Center (Weslaco)

Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital 

Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital (Humble)

North Austin Medical Center

Northwest Texas Hospital (Amarillo)

Palestine Regional Medical Center

Sierra Medical Center (El Paso)

St. Joseph Medical Center (Houston)

Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance (Fort Worth)

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton 

Woodland Heights Medical Center (Lufkin)

Utah

Ogden Regional Medical Center

Virginia

Augusta Health (Fishersville)

Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center (Midlothian)

Carilion New River Valley Medical Center (Christiansburg)

Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg)

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital (Alexandria)

Reston Hospital Center

Sentara CarePlex Hospital (Hampton)

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center

Washington

Capital Medical Center (Olympia)

Confluence Health Hospital (Wenatchee)

MultiCare Auburn Medical Center

MultiCare Valley Hospital (Spokane Valley)

PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center (Longview)

Providence Centralia Hospital

Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Walla Walla)

Providence St. Peter Hospital (Olympia)

St. Anthony Hospital (Gig Harbor)

St. Francis Community Hospital (Federal Way)

Trios Health (Kennewick)

Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)

West Virginia

Wheeling Hospital

Wisconsin

Aurora Health Care Central (Sheboygan)

Aurora Medical Center (Grafton)

Aurora Medical Center-Summit

Beloit Health System

Community Memorial Hospital (Menomonee Falls)

Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center (La Crosse)

Mercy Health System Corp. (Janesville)

ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah 

West Allis Memorial Hospital

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