Becker's has compiled a list of all hospitals in the U.S. with the lowest Clostridioides difficile infection rates, as based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS.
Measures are developed by the CDC and collected through the National Healthcare Safety Network. The measures show how often patients in a particular hospital contract certain infections during the course of medical treatment when compared to similar hospitals. The CDC calculates a standardized infection ratio, which may take into account care location, number of patients with an existing infection, lab methods, hospital affiliation with a medical school, hospital bed size, patient age and patient health. The measures apply to all patients treated in acute care hospitals, including adult, pediatric, neonatal, Medicare and non-Medicare patients, according to the CMS data dictionary.
CMS data was last updated Jan. 7, 2022. Data was collected from Oct. 1, 2019, to March 3, 2021. Data from the second quarter of 2020 is excluded because of the impact of the pandemic.
Hospitals below all had infection rates of zero, the lowest rate possible. Hospitals with results based on a shorter time period than required or extraordinary circumstances exceptions were excluded.
Here are the 331 hospitals that had a C.diff infection rate of zero:
Alabama
Atmore Community Hospital
Citizens Baptist Medical Center (Talladega)
Clay County Hospital (Ashland)
Community Hospital (Tallassee)
Coosa Valley Medical Center (Sylacauga)
Elmore Community Hospital (Wetumpka)
Evergreen Medical Center
LV Stabler Memorial Hospital (Greenville)
Mizell Memorial Hospital (Opp)
Monroe County Hospital (Monroeville)
Russellville Hospital
Shoals Hospital (Muscle Shoals)
Stringfellow Memorial Hospital (Anniston)
Troy Regional Medical Center
Vaughan Regional Medical Center-Parkway Campus (Selma)
Whitfield Regional Hospital (Demopolis)
Wiregrass Medical Center (Geneva)
Alaska
Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital (Bethel)
Arizona
Banner Goldfield Medical Center (Apache Junction)
Arkansas
Forrest City Medical Center
Great River Medical Center (Blytheville)
Johnson Regional Medical Center (Clarksville)
Mena Regional Health System
Siloam Springs Regional Hospital
California
Adventist Health Delano
Adventist Health Reedley
Adventist Health Sonora
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley
College Hospital Costa Mesa
Colusa Medical Center
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital (Santa Barbara)
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital
Mad River Community Hospital (Arcata)
Madera Community Hospital
Mark Twain Medical Center (San Andreas)
Memorial Hospital Los Banos
Menifee Global Medical Center (Sun City)
Novato Community Hospital
Petaluma Valley Hospital
Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital (Fortuna)
San Dimas Community Hospital
Sutter Lakeside Hospital (Lakeport)
Colorado
Evans Army Community Hospital (Fort Carson)
St. Anthony Summit Medical Center (Frisco)
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center (Steamboat Springs)
Vail Health Hospital
Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital (Eads)
Connecticut
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital (Torrington)
Day Kimball Hospital (Putnam)
Hebrew Home and Hospital (West Hartford)
Johnson Memorial Hospital (Stafford Springs)
Sharon Hospital
Florida
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach
AdventHealth Wauchula
Keralty Hospital (Miami)
Georgia
Bacon County Hospital (Alma)
Bleckley Memorial Hospital (Cochran)
Coliseum Northside Hospital (Macon)
Dorminy Medical Center (Fitzgerald)
Emanuel Medical Center (Swainsboro)
Grady General Hospital (Cairo)
Perry Hospital
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center (Americus)
Polk Medical Center (Cedartown)
Putnam General Hospital (Eatonton)
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus (St. Marys)
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital (Greensboro)
Turning Point Hospital (Moultrie)
Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center (Lavonia)
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center (LaGrange)
Hawaii
Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital (Waimea)
North Hawaii Community Hospital (Kamuela)
Iowa
Cass County Memorial Hospital (Atlantic)
Trinity Muscatine (Muscatine)
Idaho
Bingham Memorial Hospital (Blackfoot)
Bonner General Hospital (Sandpoint)
Illinois
Ferrell Hospital Community Foundation (Eldorado)
Graham Hospital Association (Canton)
HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital (Shelbyville)
Loretto Hospital (Chicago)
Paris Community Hospital
Touchette Regional Hospital (Centreville)
Indiana
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers
Bluffton Regional Medical Center
Dukes Memorial Hospital (Peru)
Dupont Hospital (Fort Wayne)
Fairbanks Addiction Treatment Center (Indianapolis)
Franciscan Health Rensselaer
Henry County Memorial Hospital (New Castle)
Indiana University Health White Memorial Hospital (Monticello)
St. Joseph Hospital (Fort Wayne)
Witham Health Services (Lebanon)
The Women's Hospital (Newburgh)
Kansas
AdventHealth Ottawa
Coffeyville Regional Medical Center
Grisell Memorial Hospital (Ransom)
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center (Wichita)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital
Pratt Regional Medical Center
Saint John Hospital (Leavenworth)
Kentucky
CHI Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Methodist Hospital Union County (Morganfield)
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital (Greenville)
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center (Leitchfield)
Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center (Paintsville)
The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital (Harrodsburg)
Louisiana
Jennings American Legion Hospital
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center (Houma)
Morehouse General Hospital (Bastrop)
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Our Lady of the Angels Hospital (Bogalusa)
Savoy Medical Center (Mamou)
St. Bernard Parish Hospital (Chalmette)
Maryland
Grace Medical Center (Baltimore)
Maine
Redington-Fairview General Hospital (Skowhegan)
Sebasticook Valley Health (Pittsfield)
Michigan
Ascension Brighton Center for Recovery
McLaren Central Michigan Hospital (Mount Pleasant)
MidMichigan Medical Center-West Branch
Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital
Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital (Gaylord)
OSF St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group (Escanaba)
Pontiac General Hospital
Minnesota
CHI St. Joseph's Health (Park Rapids)
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (Crosby)
Hutchinson Health
Mayo Clinic Health System-Cannon Falls
Mayo Clinic Health System-New Prague
Rainy Lake Medical Center (International Falls)
Mississippi
Alliance Health Center (Meridian)
Baptist Medical Center-Leake (Carthage)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville
Crossgates River Oaks Hospital (Brandon)
George Regional Health System (Lucedale)
Merit Health Madison (Canton)
Merit Health Natchez
Methodist Healthcare-Olive Branch Hospital
North Sunflower Medical Center (Ruleville)
Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock (Bay St. Louis)
Panola Medical Center (Batesville)
Pontotoc Health Service
South Sunflower County Hospital (Indianola)
Missouri
Bates County Memorial Hospital (Butler)
Belton Regional Medical Center
Bothwell Regional Health Center (Sedalia)
Cameron Regional Medical Center
Mercy Hospital Lebanon
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital (Hayti)
SSM Health St. Francis Hospital-Maryville
St. Alexius Hospital (St. Louis)
Washington County Memorial Hospital (Potosi)
Wright Memorial Hospital (Trenton)
Montana
Holy Rosary Healthcare (Miles City)
Northern Montana Hospital (Havre)
St. Luke Community Hospital (Ronan)
Nebraska
CHI Health Midlands (Papillion)
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Hospital (Lincoln)
Community Hospital (McCook)
New Hampshire
Concord Hospital-Franklin
Monadnock Community Hospital (Peterborough)
New London Hospital
Speare Memorial Hospital (Plymouth)
Valley Regional Hospital (Claremont)
New Jersey
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center (Paramus)
St. Mary's General Hospital (Passaic)
New Mexico
Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital
Lovelace Regional Hospital-Roswell
Northern Navajo Medical Center (Shiprock)
Nevada
Banner Churchill Community Hospital (Fallon)
New York
Alice Hyde Medical Center (Malone)
Auburn Community Hospital
Bon Secours Community Hospital (Port Jervis)
Brooks-TLC Hospital System (Dunkirk)
Community Memorial Hospital (Hamilton)
Monroe Community Hospital (Rochester)
North Carolina
Martin General Hospital (Williamston)
Park Ridge Health (Hendersonville)
Vidant Duplin Hospital (Kenansville)
Ohio
Clinton Memorial Hospital (Wilmington)
Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (Akron)
East Liverpool City Hospital
Glenbeigh Health Sources (Rock Creek)
Greene Memorial Hospital (Xenia)
Holzer Medical Center-Jackson
Mary Rutan Hospital (Bellefontaine)
Memorial Hospital (Marysville)
Mercy Allen Hospital (Oberlin)
Mercy Health-Defiance Hospital
Mercy Health-Urbana Hospital
Mercy St. Anne Hospital (Toledo)
Ohiohealth Shelby Hospital
Pomerene Hospital (Millersburg)
ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center (Ashland)
Van Wert County Hospital
Wilson Memorial Hospital (Sidney)
Wooster Community Hospital
Oklahoma
AllianceHealth Woodward
Bailey Medical Center (Owasso)
Claremore Indian Hospital
Lindsay Municipal Hospital
McBride Orthopedic Hospital (Oklahoma City)
Mercy Hospital Guthrie
Ponca City Medical Center
Wagoner Community Hospital
Oregon
Asante Ashland Community Hospital
Grande Ronde Hospital (La Grande)
Providence Milwaukie Hospital
Sacred Heart University District (Eugene)
CHI St. Anthony Hospital (Pendleton)
St. Charles Prineville
Willamette Valley Medical Center (McMinnville)
Pennsylvania
Berwick Hospital Center
Clarion Hospital
Eagleville Hospital
Highlands Hospital (Connellsville)
Nason Medical Center (Roaring Spring)
Penn Highlands Brookville
Penn Highlands Clearfield
Roxborough Memorial Hospital (Philadelphia)
St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital (Coaldale)
Suburban Community Hospital (Norristown)
UPMC Somerset
Valley Forge Medical Center and Hospital (Norristown)
Rhode Island
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (Providence)
South Carolina
Abbeville Area Medical Center
Colleton Medical Center (Walterboro)
Newberry County Memorial Hospital
Prisma Health Laurens County Memorial Hospital (Clinton)
Prisma Health Patewood Hospital (Greenville)
South Dakota
Avera Queen of Peace Hospital (Mitchell)
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital (Yankton)
Monument Health Spearfish Hospital
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (Watertown)
Tennessee
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Claiborne Medical Center (Tazewell)
Delta Specialty Hospital (Memphis)
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Hardin Medical Center (Savannah)
Lincoln Medical Center (Fayetteville)
Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association
Sweetwater Hospital Association
Tennova Healthcare LaFollette Medical Center
TriStar Horizon Medical Center (Dickson)
TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center (Nashville)
TriStar Stonecrest Medical Center (Smyrna)
Trustpoint Hospital (Murfreesboro)
Volunteer Community Hospital (Martin)
Texas
AdventHealth Central Texas (Killeen)
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Burnet)
Baptist Emergency Hospital (San Antonio)
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Brenham
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Frisco
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Waxahachie
Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine and Joint Hospital (Tyler)
Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital-Dallas
Carrollton Regional Medical Center
CHI St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San Marcos
Covenant Hospital Plainview
Doctors Hospital-Tidwell Physicians (Houston)
Golden Plains Community Hospital (Borger)
Medical City Weatherford
Methodist Hospital for Surgery (Addison)
Methodist Hospital Atascosa (Jourdanton)
Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman
Texas Orthopedic Hospital (Houston)
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
TMC Bonham Hospital
The Woman's Hospital of Texas (Houston)
Utah
Castleview Hospital (Price)
Cedar City Hospital
Lakeview Hospital (Bountiful)
Layton Hospital
Lone Peak Hospital (Draper)
Mountain View Hospital (Payson)
Park City Hospital
Riverton Hospital
Timpanogos Regional Hospital (Orem)
Virginia
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital
Bon Secours Southampton Memorial Hospital (Franklin)
Bon Secours Southern Virginia Medical Center (Emporia)
Buchanan General Hospital (Grundy)
Carilion Giles Community Hospital (Pearisburg)
Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital
Lewisgale Hospital Alleghany (Low Moor)
Lewisgale Hospital Pulaski
Lonesome Pine Hospital (Big Stone Gap)
Novant Health UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center
Novant Health UVA Health System Culpeper Medical Center
Riverside Walter Reed Hospital (Gloucester)
Russell County Hospital (Lebanon)
Smyth County Community Hospital (Marion)
Warren Memorial Hospital (Front Royal)
Vermont
Gifford Medical Center (Randolph)
North Country Hospital and Health Center (Newport)
Springfield Hospital
Washington
Astria Toppenish Hospital
Coulee Medical Center (Grand Coulee)
Island Hospital (Anacortes)
Kittitas Valley Community Hospital (Ellensburg)
Lourdes Medical Center (Pasco)
Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics (Shelton)
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center
PeaceHealth United General Medical Center (Sedro-Woolley)
Prosser Memorial Hospital
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital (Colville)
Samaritan Hospital (Moses Lake)
St. Elizabeth Hospital (Enumclaw)
Swedish Issaquah
Wisconsin
Berlin Memorial Hospital
Columbus Community Hospital
Hayward Area Memorial Hospital
Hudson Hospital
Langlade Hospital (Antigo)
Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake
Mile Bluff Medical Center (Mauston)
Thedacare Medical Center-New London
Thedacare Medical Center-Shawano
Thedacare Medical Center-Waupaca
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Vernon Memorial Hospital (Viroqua)
Westfields Hospital & Clinic (New Richmond)
West Virginia
Plateau Medical Center (Oak Hill)
Saint Francis Hospital (Charleston)
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital (Weston)
War Memorial Hospital (Berkeley Springs)
Editor's note: This article was updated March 4 at 3:37 p.m. CT.