Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus

Dover, DE 19901 · CMS Facility ID 080004

Better than national CMS reporting period 07/01/2024 – 06/30/2025

Better than national benchmark — This hospital is better than the national benchmark on 2 of 5 reported HAI measures.

Infection measures

Measure	SIR	95% CI	Compared to national
CLABSI Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection	0.628	0.20 – 1.51	No Different than National Benchmark
CAUTI Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection	0.681	0.32 – 1.29	No Different than National Benchmark
MRSA MRSA Bacteremia	0.197	0.01 – 0.97	Better than the National Benchmark
C. diff Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)	0.247	0.13 – 0.44	Better than the National Benchmark
SSI: Colon Surgical Site Infection from Colon Surgery	0.592	0.15 – 1.61	No Different than National Benchmark
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: Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus
CMS Facility ID: 080004
Address: 640 S State Street, Dover, DE 19901
County: Kent County
Phone: (302) 744-7001

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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