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This page summarizes actions hospitals can take to prevent infections. Click on any of the column headings to learn more about that preventative measure.
The data in the first two columns, ventilator and central line infections, represents data reported to the CDC for the time period of July 2010 - June 2011. It is displayed as a rate of infections per 1000 ventilator or central line days. The remaining columns show percentages calculated from Medicare discharges for the time period April 2010 - March 2011.
Infection Rate Infection Prevention Measures
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Ventilator
Pneumonia
Infections
Central
Line
Infections
HCW
Influenza
Immunization
Antibiotic
Before
Incision
Correct
Antibiotic
For Surg
Antibiotic
Stopped
After Surg
Blood
Sugar
Under
Control
Safe
Hair
Removal
Patient
Pneumc
Vaccine
Antibiotic
within
6hrs
Approp
Initial
Antibiotic
Patient
Influenza
Vaccine
National Average
1.20 
1.30 
n/a 
97% 
98% 
96% 
94% 
100% 
94% 
96% 
94% 
93% 
Washington Average
0.87 
0.66 
86% 
97% 
98% 
97% 
95% 
100% 
95% 
96% 
95% 
94% 
Top 10% of Hospitals Nationwide
n/a
n/a
n/a
100%
100%
100%
99%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Auburn Regional Medical Center King 149 No
5.66
0.73^
68%
93%
93%
97%
  2
98%
88%
98%
98%
88%
Capital Medical Center Thurston 110 No
 4
 4
91%
96%
99%
96%
  2
100%
97%
99%
91%
95%
Cascade Medical Center Chelan 12 No
  2
  2
97%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Cascade Valley Hospital & Clinics Snohomish 48 No
 4
 4
91%
100%
97%
96%
  2
100%
98%
99%
100%
97%
Central Washington Hospital Chelan 206 No
0.00
0.00
93%
98%
100%
99%
93%
100%
94%
94%
97%
98%
Columbia Basin Hospital Grant 86 No
  2
  2
75%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Coulee Community Hospital Grant 25 No
  2
  2
86%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
100% 1
0% 1
  2
50% 1
Dayton General Hospital Columbia 62 No
  2
  2
75%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Deaconess Medical Center Spokane 388 Yes
1.94
1.70
79%
98%
98%
93%
92%
100%
98%
97%
95%
96%
East Adams Rural Hospital Adams 20 No
  2
  2
95%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Evergreen Healthcare King 275 No
0.00
0.50^
84%
98%
96%
98%
  2
100%
79%
93%
90%
83%
Fairfax Hospital King 157 No
  2
  2
76%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Ferry County Memorial Hospital Ferry 25 No
  2
  2
91%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Forks Community Hospital Clallam 45 No
  2
  2
97%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Garfield County Hospital District Garfield 45 No
  2
  2
83%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Grays Harbor Community Hospital Grays Harbor 140 No
3.85
  2
87%
89%
97%
95%
  2
99%
97%
94%
91%
89%
Group Health Central Hospital King 326 No
  2
  2
60%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Infection Rate Infection Prevention Measures
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Ventilator
Pneumonia
Infections
Central
Line
Infections
HCW
Influenza
Immunization
Antibiotic
Before
Incision
Correct
Antibiotic
For Surg
Antibiotic
Stopped
After Surg
Blood
Sugar
Under
Control
Safe
Hair
Removal
Patient
Pneumc
Vaccine
Antibiotic
within
6hrs
Approp
Initial
Antibiotic
Patient
Influenza
Vaccine
Harborview Medical Center  b King 413 Yes
8.22
1.06
84%
98%
98%
97%
  2
100%
92%
90%
100%
89%
Harrison Medical Center Kitsap 297 No
0.33^
0.83
90%
96%
97%
96%
95%
100%
88%
97%
94%
88%
Highline Medical Center King 269 No
0.00
0.87
73%
100%
98%
99%
  2
100%
95%
98%
95%
97%
Island Hospital Skagit 43 No
 4
 4
91%
95%
99%
97%
  2
100%
98%
100%
92%
92%
Jefferson Healthcare Jefferson 42 No
0.00
0.00
82%
94%
100%
97%
  2
100%
98%
100%
97%
97%
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Benton 270 No
0.70^
0.00
93%
97%
98%
95%
91%
100%
100%
94%
98%
99%
Kennewick General Hospital Benton 101 No
0.00
3.98^
100%
99%
94%
99%
  2
100%
96%
99%
90%
96%
Kindred Hospital Seattle King 80 No
0.48
 4
71%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Kittitas Valley Community Hospital Kittitas 50 No
0.00
0.00
90%
97%
100%
94%
  2
100%
96%
99%
94%
100%
Klickitat Valley Hospital Klickitat 25 No
  2
  2
71%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
43% 1
  2
100% 1
38% 1
Lake Chelan Community Hospital Chelan 35 No
  2
  2
96%
0% 1
  2
  2
100% 1
33% 1
100% 1
  2
  2
  2
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Clark 165 No
1.58
0.88
78%
96%
97%
96%
  2
100%
92%
99%
99%
83%
Lincoln Hospital Lincoln 92 No
  2
  2
64%
83% 1
83% 1
100% 1
  2
100% 1
100% 1
97%
100%
100% 1
Lourdes Medical Center Franklin 95 No
0.00
0.00
81%
88%
98%
83%
  2
97%
90%
93%
77%
94%
Mark Reed Healthcare District Grays Harbor 24 No
  2
  2
97%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Mason General Hospital Mason 68 No
0.00
0.00
88%
82% 1
67% 1
100% 1
  2
100%
93%
100%
92%
93%
Mid-Valley Hospital Okanogan 44 No
 4
0.00
73%
100%
100%
96%
  2
100%
88% 1
85% 1
73% 1
88% 1
Morton General Hospital Lewis 25 No
  2
  2
86%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Pierce 225 No
0.58^
1.36
93%
95%
98%
96%
  2
100%
87%
91%
96%
87%
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Center Pierce 72 No
0.00
  2
90%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Infection Rate Infection Prevention Measures
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Ventilator
Pneumonia
Infections
Central
Line
Infections
HCW
Influenza
Immunization
Antibiotic
Before
Incision
Correct
Antibiotic
For Surg
Antibiotic
Stopped
After Surg
Blood
Sugar
Under
Control
Safe
Hair
Removal
Patient
Pneumc
Vaccine
Antibiotic
within
6hrs
Approp
Initial
Antibiotic
Patient
Influenza
Vaccine
MultiCare Tacoma General/Allenmore Hospital Pierce 521 Yes
0.76
0.19^
85%
97%
98%
97%
99%
100%
93%
96%
97%
88%
Navos King 40 No
  2
  2
85%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Newport Hospital & Health Services Pend Oreille 74 No
  2
  2
66%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
North Valley Hospital Okanogan 28 No
  2
  2
88%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
75% 1
100% 1
  2
80% 1
Ocean Beach Hospital Pacific 25 No
  2
  2
68%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center Lincoln 44 No
  2
  2
94%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Okanogan Douglas District Hospital Okanogan 43 No
  2
 4
75%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Olympic Medical Center Clallam 126 No
  2
 4
91%
96%
95%
94%
  2
100%
94%
93%
92%
95%
Othello Community Hospital Adams 42 No
  2
  2
96%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
100% 1
  2
100% 1
83% 1
Overlake Hospital Medical Center King 337 Yes
1.55
0.52
85%
98%
99%
99%
96%
100%
98%
98%
98%
98%
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Clark 450 Yes
0.78
0.00
85%
98%
99%
97%
93%
100%
95%
97%
91%
93%
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center Cowlitz 346 No
0.00
0.88^
91%
99%
99%
99%
  2
100%
96%
99%
81%
89%
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center Whatcom 252 No
1.32
0.78
91%
98%
99%
98%
99%
100%
96%
96%
97%
91%
PMH Medical Center Benton 61 No
  2
  2
98%
90%
94%
100%
  2
100%
88% 1
100% 1
89% 1
100% 1
Providence Centralia Hospital Lewis 191 No
0.00
0.00
88%
100%
100%
98%
  2
100%
99%
90%
99%
100%
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane 272 No
2.53
2.71
96%
97%
98%
94%
  2
100%
97%
97%
97%
96%
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Stevens 55 No
0.00
0.00
83%
100%
100%
100%
  2
100%
100%
98%
92%
95%
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Snohomish 372 No
0.38
1.25
94%
98%
97%
95%
98%
100%
98%
97%
97%
95%
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital Spokane 623 Yes
1.10
0.19^
86%
97%
97%
94%
97%
100%
98%
96%
96%
96%
Providence St. Joseph's Hospital - Chewelah Stevens 65 No
  2
  2
80%
100% 1
100% 1
100% 1
  2
100% 1
100%
89%
93%
100% 1
Infection Rate Infection Prevention Measures
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Ventilator
Pneumonia
Infections
Central
Line
Infections
HCW
Influenza
Immunization
Antibiotic
Before
Incision
Correct
Antibiotic
For Surg
Antibiotic
Stopped
After Surg
Blood
Sugar
Under
Control
Safe
Hair
Removal
Patient
Pneumc
Vaccine
Antibiotic
within
6hrs
Approp
Initial
Antibiotic
Patient
Influenza
Vaccine
Providence St. Mary Medical Center Walla Walla 141 No
0.00
0.00
89%
99%
99%
99%
  2
100%
97%
99%
97%
90%
Providence St. Peter Hospital Thurston 390 Yes
 4
0.22^
79%
99%
98%
96%
98%
100%
96%
96%
93%
93%
Pullman Regional Hospital Whitman 42 No
0.00
7.09^
83%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
94%
97%
75% 1
100% 1
Quincy Valley Medical Center Grant 25 No
  2
  2
53%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Regional Hospital For Respiratory & Complex Care King 40 No
 4
  2
58%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Samaritan Healthcare Grant 50 No
15.38^
0.00
96%
93%
99%
99%
  2
100%
87%
97%
88%
93%
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance King 20 No
  2
  2
83%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Seattle Children's King 250 Yes
 4
 4
84%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Seattle VA Medical Center King
  2
  2
  2
97%
98%
98%
97%
100%
97%
93%
94%
90%
Shriners Hospital For Children Spokane 30 No
  2
  2
76%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Skagit Valley Hospital Skagit 137 No
0.75^
0.99
86%
99%
98%
99%
  2
100%
99%
97%
97%
100%
Skyline Hospital Klickitat 32 No
 4
  2
78%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
100% 1
88% 1
100% 1
  2
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital & Clinics King 28 No
  2
 4
98%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Spokane VA Medical Center Spokane
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
97%
98%
97%
83%
St. Anthony Hospital Pierce 80 No
0.00
0.00
85%
98%
100%
99%
  2
100%
100%
98%
99%
100%
St. Clare Hospital Pierce 106 No
1.20^
0.00
89%
100%
99%
99%
  2
100%
97%
92%
99%
97%
St. Elizabeth Hospital King 38 No
0.00
0.00
71%
94%
99%
96%
  2
100%
100%
96%
100%
100% 1
St. Francis Hospital King 110 Yes
0.00
0.00
82%
95%
99%
98%
  2
100%
98%
96%
98%
94%
St. Joseph Medical Center Pierce 320 No
0.27^
0.00
83%
99%
100%
99%
93%
100%
97%
94%
97%
97%
St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute Spokane 102 No
  2
  2
67%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Infection Rate Infection Prevention Measures
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Ventilator
Pneumonia
Infections
Central
Line
Infections
HCW
Influenza
Immunization
Antibiotic
Before
Incision
Correct
Antibiotic
For Surg
Antibiotic
Stopped
After Surg
Blood
Sugar
Under
Control
Safe
Hair
Removal
Patient
Pneumc
Vaccine
Antibiotic
within
6hrs
Approp
Initial
Antibiotic
Patient
Influenza
Vaccine
Sunnyside Community Hospital & Clinics Yakima 38 No
0.00
0.00
100%
70% 1
88% 1
100% 1
  2
100%
96%
100%
96%
96% 1
Swedish Medical Center - Ballard  a King 163 Yes
  2
  2
88%
98%
97%
93%
  2
100%
96%
96%
94%
94%
Swedish Medical Center - Cherry Hill King 385 Yes
1.05
0.64
93%
99%
99%
93%
91%
100%
93%
90% 1
90% 1
86%
Swedish Medical Center - Edmonds Snohomish 217 No
0.98^
0.56^
94%
100%
94%
96%
  2
100%
92%
95%
94%
94%
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill King 697 Yes
1.06
1.61
88%
98%
97%
93%
  2
100%
96%
96%
94%
94%
Toppenish Community Hospital Yakima 63 No
0.00
  2
80%
100% 1
87% 1
100% 1
  2
100%
100%
100%
98%
100%
Tri-State Memorial Hospital Asotin 25 No
0.00
0.00
71%
95%
98%
98%
  2
100%
90%
92%
78%
89%
United General Hospital Skagit 97 No
 4
 4
75%
100% 1
78% 1
100% 1
  2
100%
100%
90%
94%
98%
University of Washington Medical Center King 450 Yes
0.81
0.22^
82%
100%
97%
97%
91%
100%
93%
88%
93%
96%
UW Medicine/Northwest Hospital Medical Center King 281 No
 4
 4
77%
97%
97%
99%
91%
100%
96%
99%
99%
97%
UW Medicine/Valley Medical Center King 303 Yes
0.67^
2.15
80%
94%
96%
99%
  2
100%
93%
95%
95%
96%
Valley General Hospital Snohomish 112 No
 4
 4
93%
98%
98%
99%
  2
100%
92%
98%
93%
94%
Valley Hospital & Medical Center Spokane 123 Yes
0.00
2.44
77%
98%
99%
98%
  2
100%
99%
97%
99%
95%
Virginia Mason Medical Center King 371 Yes
3.32
0.57
100%
96%
98%
98%
95%
100%
99%
97%
99%
98%
Walla Walla General Hospital Walla Walla 72 No
0.00
0.00
73%
97%
99%
99%
  2
100%
100%
93%
100% 1
100% 1
Wenatchee Valley Hospital Chelan 20 No
  2
  2
100%
99%
100%
98%
  2
100%
75% 1
91% 1
89% 1
86% 1
Whidbey General Hospital Island 25 No
0.00
0.00
77%
96%
96%
93%
  2
99%
69%
90%
91%
71%
Whitman Hospital & Medical Center Whitman 25 No
  2
  2
83%
100% 1
90% 1
100% 1
  2
100% 1
91% 1
100% 1
80% 1
85% 1
Willapa Harbor Hospital Pacific 26 No
  2
  2
85%
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
  2
Yakima Regional Medical & Cardiac Center Yakima 214 Yes
 4
 4
73%
98%
98%
92%
95%
100%
99%
97%
97%
97%
Infection Rate Infection Prevention Measures
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Ventilator
Pneumonia
Infections
Central
Line
Infections
HCW
Influenza
Immunization
Antibiotic
Before
Incision
Correct
Antibiotic
For Surg
Antibiotic
Stopped
After Surg
Blood
Sugar
Under
Control
Safe
Hair
Removal
Patient
Pneumc
Vaccine
Antibiotic
within
6hrs
Approp
Initial
Antibiotic
Patient
Influenza
Vaccine
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Yakima 226 Yes
3.50
0.84^
98%
96%
99%
98%
  2
100%
91%
98%
95%
90%
Footnotes:
1 :The number of cases is small (<25).
2 :This measure is not applicable to this hospital or no data is available.
3 :This hospital treated patients in this condition, but no patients met the criteria for inclusion in the measure calculation.
4 :See the Department of Health website for data.
^ :This rate represents one infection
a :Under same license as Swedish First Hill, data aggregated.
b :The only Level 1 Trauma Center.
 
The Ventilator Pneumonia Infections Washington Average is community hospitals reporting to WSHA without level 1 trama center designation. The Central Line Infections Washington Average is Med/Surg ICUs from hospitals reporting to WSHA. The National Average for both is from non-major teaching hospital ICUs with > 15 beds.