NY hospitals have lower infection rates - Business First of Buffalo:

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The second annual Hospital-Acquired New York State 2008 Report presents infectio n rates identified by hospital name and regionfor surgical-sitd infections. The report includes infectionh datafor colon, coronary artery bypass graft and hip replacemengt and central-line associated bloodstream infections in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units. The reporr was prepared using thefederal 's Nationalk Healthcare Safety Network system for HAI reporting, usinbg data collected in 2008 from 186 New York hospitals had the same or highedr rates of central-line associated bloodstream infections in intensivse care units than thosew reported nationally.
Other findings show a decreasr incolon surgical-site infection, bringing ratew lower than 2006-2007 national rates. Nationally, the CDC estimates therer were 1.7 million health-care associated infectionsz resultingin 99,000 deaths in 2002. The State Healthb Department cited a CDC reporgt that annual costs associated with such infectionsin U.S. hospitalsz are estimated at between $28 billion and $45 The report is availablde onlineat .