Infection data on hospitals in New York
Here are data on infections acquired at Hudson Valley and New York City hospitals for selected causes. Blood stream infections are related to the use of central line tubes that give fluids and medications, withdraw blood, and monitor the patient's condition. C. difficile is a common bacterium, and individual hospital rates for 2009 were not available. NA in this table indicates fewer than 20 procedures at the hospital. Blank entries indicate no procedures at that hospital. The figures come from the State Health Department. Read more
| Hospital | Year | Hip surgery infections | All hip procedures | Hip adjusted rate | Colon surgery infections | All colon procedures | Colon adjusted rate | Rate all surgery infections | Rate all blood infections | C. difficile infections | Number of patient days | C. difficile rate |
| Bellevue Hospital | 2009 | - | 48 | 0.0% | 14 | 119 | 0.0% | 1.7% | 2.1 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Bellevue Hospital | 2010 | 1 | 84 | 0.9% | 20 | 107 | 16.8% | 1.9% | 1.7 | 104 | 224,549 | 4.6 |
| Benedictine Hospital | 2009 | - | 62 | 0.0% | - | 77 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Benedictine Hospital | 2010 | - | 75 | 0.0% | - | 29 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 12 | 37,937 | 3.2 |
| Beth Israel- Kings | 2010 | - | 58 | 0.0% | 1 | 73 | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1.4 | 105 | 69,879 | 15.0 |
| Beth Israel- Kings | 2009 | 2 | 56 | 2.6% | 1 | 49 | 1.9% | 0.9% | 1.4 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Beth Israel- Petrie | 2009 | 3 | 296 | 1.1% | 18 | 229 | 7.8% | 1.4% | 0.9 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Beth Israel- Petrie | 2010 | 2 | 350 | 0.6% | 13 | 264 | 5.0% | 0.9% | 0.5 | 193 | 223,675 | 8.6 |
| Bon Secours | 2010 | - | - | 0.0% | 2 | 26 | 8.2% | 1.4% | 0.0 | 20 | 28,825 | 6.9 |
| Bon Secours | 2009 | - | - | 0.0% | - | 22 | 0.0% | 0.8% | 1.6 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Bronx-Lebanon | 2010 | 2 | 64 | 2.9% | 1 | 62 | 1.7% | 0.9% | 1.3 | 93 | 173,482 | 5.4 |
| Bronx-Lebanon | 2009 | - | 31 | 0.0% | - | 75 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.8 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Brookdale Hospital | 2009 | - | 31 | 0.0% | 4 | 84 | 4.5% | 0.8% | 1.2 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Brookdale Hospital | 2010 | - | - | 0.0% | 2 | 66 | 2.7% | 0.5% | 2.4 | 58 | 114,922 | 5.0 |
| Brooklyn Downtown | 2009 | - | - | 0.0% | 4 | 85 | 5.1% | 1.0% | 1.3 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Brooklyn Downtown | 2010 | 1 | 30 | 2.1% | 2 | 57 | 3.3% | 0.9% | 0.1 | 28 | 89,279 | 3.1 |
| Coney Island | 2009 | 2 | 69 | 1.7% | 4 | 39 | 9.1% | 1.7% | 1.6 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Coney Island | 2010 | 1 | 83 | 0.7% | 2 | 45 | 3.8% | 0.8% | 3.0 | 68 | 121,766 | 5.6 |
| Elmhurst | 2010 | - | 35 | 0.0% | 2 | 52 | 3.8% | 0.7% | 2.5 | 61 | 142,577 | 4.3 |
| Elmhurst | 2009 | - | 42 | 0.0% | 3 | 63 | 4.8% | 0.8% | 0.4 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Flushing Hospital | 2010 | 1 | 27 | 3.0% | 5 | 74 | 6.6% | 1.6% | 0.8 | 93 | 73,858 | 12.6 |
| Flushing Hospital | 2009 | - | 40 | 0.0% | 2 | 58 | 3.9% | 0.7% | 0.7 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Forest Hills Hosp | 2010 | 3 | 100 | 2.3% | 10 | 77 | 12.9% | 2.7% | 1.2 | 126 | 80,783 | 15.6 |
| Forest Hills Hosp | 2009 | 3 | 114 | 2.0% | 6 | 111 | 5.6% | 1.3% | 1.2 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Good Samaritan, Suffern | 2009 | - | 60 | 0.0% | 3 | 89 | 3.5% | 0.9% | 1.3 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Good Samaritan, Suffern | 2010 | 1 | 61 | 1.7% | - | 89 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.7 | 79 | 58,064 | 13.6 |
| Harlem Hospital | 2010 | - | - | 0.0% | 2 | 39 | 4.6% | 1.4% | 1.3 | 23 | 74,143 | 3.1 |
| Harlem Hospital | 2009 | - | - | 0.0% | - | 48 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.5 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Hosp for Special Surgery | 2009 | 15 | 3,932 | 0.6% | - | - | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Hosp for Special Surgery | 2010 | 12 | 3,828 | 0.5% | - | - | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0 | 14 | 53,515 | 2.6 |
| Hospital | 0000 | - | - | 0.0% | - | - | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Hudson Valley | 2009 | 1 | 98 | 0.8% | 3 | 69 | 4.1% | 0.8% | 1.4 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Hudson Valley | 2010 | - | 86 | 0.0% | 2 | 67 | 2.8% | 0.4% | 0.0 | 19 | 33,286 | 5.7 |
| Interfaith Medical | 2010 | - | - | 0.0% | - | 28 | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.6 | 15 | 96,169 | 1.6 |
| Interfaith Medical | 2009 | - | - | 0.0% | 1 | 28 | 3.8% | 0.7% | 1.8 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Jacobi Medical | 2010 | 3 | 53 | 3.4% | 7 | 55 | 11.6% | 2.7% | 1.8 | 65 | 128,420 | 5.1 |
| Jacobi Medical | 2009 | 1 | 53 | 1.5% | 9 | 66 | 12.0% | 2.3% | 1.7 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Jamaica Hospital | 2009 | 2 | 44 | 3.2% | 5 | 65 | 7.6% | 1.8% | 0.8 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Jamaica Hospital | 2010 | 2 | 43 | 2.3% | 6 | 60 | 8.8% | 2.0% | 1.0 | 65 | 91,812 | 7.1 |
| Kings County | 2010 | - | - | 0.0% | 6 | 83 | 6.2% | 1.3% | 1.3 | 19 | 99,378 | 1.9 |