Cutting Surgical Infections

This site is designed to help you see how well your hospital, state and the nation as a whole are performing on three key practices that help prevent infections during surgery. Click here for Consumers Union's analysis of this information (PDF). Data is from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Hospital Compare web site.

Find Your Hospital

How are hospitals performing across your state? Click the states on the map to find out.

On average, here's how states comply with infection prevention procedures:

Click on the percentages to find out how your state is performing compared to these national averages.

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