Palo Alto Va Medical Center

Palo Alto, CA 94304 · CMS Facility ID 05031F

No elevated signal CMS reporting period 07/01/2024 – 06/30/2025

No elevated signal — This hospital is at the national benchmark on 2 reported HAI measures.

Infection measures

Measure	SIR	95% CI	Compared to national
CLABSI Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection	0.471	0.08 – 1.56	No Different than National Benchmark
CAUTI Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection	0.835	0.27 – 2.02	No Different than National Benchmark
MRSA MRSA Bacteremia	—	—	Not Available
C. diff Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)	—	—	Not Available
SSI: Colon Surgical Site Infection from Colon Surgery	—	—	Not Available
SSI: Hyst Surgical Site Infection from Abdominal Hysterectomy	—	—	Not Available

SIR (Standardized Infection Ratio) = observed infections divided by predicted infections, with case-mix and facility-size adjustment per CMS methodology. 1.0 means the hospital saw exactly the number of infections predicted given its case mix and size.

Facility

Name: Palo Alto Va Medical Center
CMS Facility ID: 05031F
Address: 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304
County: Santa Clara County
Phone: (650) 858-3939

Primary source

The measures above are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as part of the Hospital Compare HAI dataset, derived from CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) data. For the official CMS record on this hospital, visit Medicare Care Compare.

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