Two Kentucky hospitals had more MRSA infections than almost all others in the U.S.

The University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital and Norton Healthcare in Louisville each had 40 MRSA bloodstream infections between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017


Kentucky's two biggest hospital systems had some of the country's highest instances of MRSA in fiscal year 2017, according to an article on the Lexington Herald Leader website.

The University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital and Norton Healthcare in Louisville each had 40 MRSA bloodstream infections between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, according to federal data from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

UK's number was higher than many comparable teaching hospitals, such as the University of Cincinnati hospital, which had 27, or the University of North Carolina, with 33.

Of the 3,800 hospitals reporting, the highest number of cases belonged to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla., which had 61. Norton and UK ranked sixth and 7th in the nation, respectively.

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June 8, 2018


Topic Area: Infection Control


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