The Healthcare-Associated Infections dataset, updated July 31, includes performance data for five types of infections collected through the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. The measures show how often patients in a particular hospital contract certain infections during an inpatient stay compared to similar hospitals. The CDC calculates and publishes standardized infection ratios for each measure by state. 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. Data was collected from October 2022 through September 2023.
Here are the states with the highest and lowest CAUTI rates:
Lowest
North Dakota — 0.345
Kansas — 0.387
Arizona — 0.391
Arkansas — 0.4
Florida — 0.41
Highest
Vermont — 1.053
Alaska — 0.981
Maine — 0.919
Oregon — 0.903
Wyoming — 0.814
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