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14 INFECTION CONTROL 332 hospitals with the nation's lowest CAUTI rates By Gabrielle Masson T he following hospitals had the lowest rates of catheter-asso- ciated urinary tract infections in the U.S., according to data from CMS' Hospital Compare website. All of the following hospitals had a catheter-associated urinary tract infections score of zero. e figures represent data collected from Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019. In total, 2,203 hospitals received a numeric calculation of the stan- dardized infection ratio. Overall, 335 had a score of zero, with three hospitals in Puerto Rico excluded from the list below. Alabama Andalusia Health Coosa Valley Medical Center (Sylacauga) Dekalb Regional Medical Center (Fort Payne) Medical Center Enterprise Providence Hospital (Mobile) Riverview Regional Medical Center (Gadsden) Russell Medical Center (Alexander City) Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus (Selma) Alaska Mat-Su Regional Medical Center (Palmer) Arizona Abrazo Scottsdale Campus (Phoenix) Abrazo West Campus (Goodyear) Banner Baywood Medical Center (Mesa) Banner Heart Hospital (Mesa) Banner-University Medical Center South Campus (Tucson) Canyon Vista Medical Center (Sierra Vista) Havasu Regional Medical Center (Lake Havasu City) Verde Valley Medical Center (Cottonwood) Arkansas Arkansas Surgical Hospital (North Little Rock) Medical Center of South Arkansas (El Dorado) St. Mary's Regional Medical Center (Russellville) White County Medical Center (Searcy) California 60th Medical Group-Travis Air Force Base (Fairfield) Adventist Health Sonora Alameda Hospital Alhambra Hospital Medical Center Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Alta Bates Camp (Berkeley) Anaheim Global Medical Center Bakersfield Heart Hospital Beverly Hospital (Montebello) Chapman Global Medical Center (Orange) Coast Plaza Hospital (Norwalk) Encino Hospital Medical Center Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center Greater El Monte Community Hospital (South El Monte) Hi-Desert Medical Center (Joshua Tree) Huntington Beach Hospital Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Antioch Kern Valley Healthcare District (Lake Isabella) Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (Los Angeles) Palomar Medical Center Poway Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District (Brawley) Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Dimas Community Hospital San Mateo Medical Center Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital (Grass Valley) Sierra View Medical Center (Porterville) St. Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton St. Rose Hospital (Hayward) Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital Whittier Hospital Medical Center Colorado Mercy Regional Medical Center (Durango) Platte Valley Medical Center (Brighton) Connecticut Bristol Hospital Greenwich Hospital Association Rockville General Hospital (Vernon) Delaware Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus (Milford) Nanticoke Memorial Hospital (Seaford) Florida AdventHealth Heart of Florida (Davenport) AdventHealth Lake Wales AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach AdventHealth North Pinellas (Tarpon Springs) Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County (Middleburg) Bartow Regional Medical Center Bayfront Health Port Charlotte Cape Canaveral Hospital (Cocoa Beach) Englewood Community Hospital Highlands Regional Medical Center (Sebring) Jupiter Medical Center Lake City Medical Center Larkin Community Hospital (South Miami) Lehigh Regional Medical Center (Lehigh Acres) Lower Keys Medical Center (Key West) Memorial Hospital Miramar Memorial Hospital Pembroke (Pembroke Pines) Morton Plant Mease Healthcare Countryside (Safety Harbor) Santa Rosa Medical Center (Milton) South Bay Hospital (Sun City Center) Twin Cities Hospital (Niceville) Venice Regional Bayfront Health West Boca Medical Center (Boca Raton) Westchester General Hospital (Miami) Georgia Cartersville Medical Center Emory Hillandale Hospital (Lithonia) Meadows Regional Medical Center (Vidalia) Optim Medical Center-Tattnall (Reidsville) Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside (Columbus) Piedmont Newnan Hospital Southern Regional Medical Center (Riverdale) Upson Regional Medical Center (omaston) Wellstar Paulding Hospital (Hiram)