Palo Alto County Hospital

Emmetsburg, IA 50536 · CMS Facility ID 161357

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

No elevated signal — This hospital is at the national benchmark on 0 reported HAI measures.

Infection measures

Measure	SIR	95% CI	Compared to national
CLABSI Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection	—	—	Not Available
CAUTI Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection	—	—	Not Available
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 County Hospital
CMS Facility ID: 161357
Address: 3201 1St Street, Emmetsburg, IA 50536
County: Palo Alto County
Phone: (712) 852-5500

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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