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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

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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
Hospital 0000 - - 0.0% - - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 - - 0.0
State Average 2009 321 25 1.1% 935 17436 4.9% 1.0% 1.0 - - 7.8
State Average 2010 294 26 1.0% 840 16849 4.5% 1.0% 1.0 10125 12 8.2
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
Bon Secours 2009 - - 0.0% - 22 0.0% 0.8% 1.6 - - 0.0
Bon Secours 2010 - - 0.0% 2 26 8.2% 1.4% 0.0 20 28,825 6.9
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
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
Kingston Hospital 2009 1 62 1.5% 1 83 1.1% 0.4% 0.9 - - 0.0
Kingston Hospital 2010 - 58 0.0% - 76 0.0% 0.0% 0.3 19 38,876 4.9
Lawrence 2009 1 106 0.9% 5 103 4.8% 1.0% 1.4 - - 0.0
Lawrence 2010 - 88 0.0% 6 85 7.5% 1.3% 4.9 43 38,873 11.1
Mount Vernon 2009 - - 0.0% - - 0.0% 1.0% 3.1 - - 0.0
Mount Vernon 2010 - - 0.0% 1 26 3.4% 0.6% 0.0 16 27,608 5.8
Northern Dutchess 2009 3 286 1.3% - 23 0.0% 0.8% 0.0 - - 0.0
Northern Dutchess 2010 - 224 0.0% 1 24 4.9% 0.3% 0.0 9 14,749 6.1
Northern Westchester 2009 1 136 0.8% 7 141 5.2% 1.0% 0.5 - - 0.0
Northern Westchester 2010 1 141 0.9% 6 140 5.0% 1.1% 1.1 15 42,711 3.5
Nyack Hospital 2009 3 149 1.8% 7 125 5.3% 1.2% 1.6 - - 0.0
Nyack Hospital 2010 7 161 4.1% - 106 0.0% 1.2% 0.0 61 64,055 9.5
Orange Regional, Goshen & Middletown 2009 2 223 0.9% 2 167 1.2% 0.4% 1.5 - - 0.0
Orange Regional, Goshen & Middletown 2010 3 239 1.4% 6 138 4.5% 1.1% 1.1 123 83,338 14.8
Phelps Memorial 2009 2 162 1.5% - 72 0.0% 0.4% 0.6 - - 0.0
Phelps Memorial 2010 2 198 1.3% 3 55 6.1% 1.3% 2.8 25 57,409 4.4
Putnam Hospital 2009 1 218 0.6% - 100 0.0% 0.2% 0.0 - - 0.0
Putnam Hospital 2010 - 213 0.0% - 91 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 23 40,335 5.7
Sound Shore Medical 2009 1 120 0.7% 6 67 8.9% 1.4% 0.5 - - 0.0
Sound Shore Medical 2010 2 151 1.1% 6 45 13.7% 2.1% 1.2 46 43,209 10.6
St Anthony 2009 - 23 0.0% 1 23 4.6% 0.7% 0.0 - - 0.0
St Anthony 2010 - 29 0.0% - - 0.0% 1.8% 0.0 25 12,126 20.6
St Francis- Poughkeepsie 2009 2 175 1.6% 4 43 9.2% 1.7% 0.3 - - 0.0
St Francis- Poughkeepsie 2010 - 145 0.0% 2 39 4.8% 0.6% 0.0 13 55,285 2.4
St John's Riverside 2009 3 66 3.6% 8 64 12.5% 2.7% 3.2 - - 0.0
St John's Riverside 2010 2 75 1.9% 5 78 6.6% 1.5% 3.9 30 94,387 3.2
St Joseph's- Yonkers 2009 - 28 0.0% 4 26 16.2% 2.5% 4.3 - - 0.0
St Joseph's- Yonkers 2010 - 39 0.0% - - 0.0% 0.0% 6.3 17 49,669 3.4
St Luke's, Newburgh & Cornwall 2009 2 84 2.4% - 56 0.0% 0.6% 1.0 - - 0.0
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