University Health System, Inc

Knoxville, TN 37920 · CMS Facility ID 440015

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 3 of 6 reported HAI measures.

Infection measures

Measure	SIR	95% CI	Compared to national
CLABSI Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection	0.571	0.33 – 0.92	Better than the National Benchmark
CAUTI Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection	0.310	0.18 – 0.50	Better than the National Benchmark
MRSA MRSA Bacteremia	0.891	0.57 – 1.34	No Different than National Benchmark
C. diff Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)	0.300	0.21 – 0.42	Better than the National Benchmark
SSI: Colon Surgical Site Infection from Colon Surgery	0.532	0.25 – 1.01	No Different than National Benchmark
SSI: Hyst Surgical Site Infection from Abdominal Hysterectomy	0.556	0.03 – 2.74	No Different than National Benchmark

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: University Health System, Inc
CMS Facility ID: 440015
Address: 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920
County: Knox County
Phone: (865) 305-9000

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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