Charleston Area Medical Center

Charleston, WV 25301 · CMS Facility ID 510022

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

Elevated infection signal — This hospital is worse than the national benchmark on 2 of 6 reported HAI measures for the CMS-published period.

Infection measures

Measure	SIR	95% CI	Compared to national
CLABSI Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection	1.108	0.80 – 1.50	No Different than National Benchmark
CAUTI Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection	0.661	0.48 – 0.90	Better than the National Benchmark
MRSA MRSA Bacteremia	1.684	1.20 – 2.31	Worse than the National Benchmark
C. diff Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)	0.611	0.47 – 0.78	Better than the National Benchmark
SSI: Colon Surgical Site Infection from Colon Surgery	1.716	1.10 – 2.56	Worse than the National Benchmark
SSI: Hyst Surgical Site Infection from Abdominal Hysterectomy	0.216	0.01 – 1.06	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: Charleston Area Medical Center
CMS Facility ID: 510022
Address: 501 Morris Street, Charleston, WV 25301
County: Kanawha County
Phone: (304) 388-5432

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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