Erlanger Medical Center

Chattanooga, TN 37403 · CMS Facility ID 440104

Mixed signal CMS reporting period 07/01/2024 – 06/30/2025

Mixed signal — This hospital is worse than the national benchmark on 1 of 6 reported HAI measures.

Infection measures

Measure	SIR	95% CI	Compared to national
CLABSI Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection	1.056	0.70 – 1.52	No Different than National Benchmark
CAUTI Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection	0.390	0.20 – 0.69	Better than the National Benchmark
MRSA MRSA Bacteremia	2.013	1.34 – 2.91	Worse than the National Benchmark
C. diff Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)	0.358	0.23 – 0.52	Better than the National Benchmark
SSI: Colon Surgical Site Infection from Colon Surgery	1.396	0.88 – 2.12	No Different than National Benchmark
SSI: Hyst Surgical Site Infection from Abdominal Hysterectomy	1.728	0.63 – 3.83	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: Erlanger Medical Center
CMS Facility ID: 440104
Address: 975 E 3Rd St, Chattanooga, TN 37403
County: Hamilton County
Phone: (423) 778-7000

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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