Hospital-Acquired Infection (HAI) Rates in New York State Hospitals

Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, affecting about 1 in 31 patients on any given day.

In July 2005, the Legislature passed, and the Governor signed public health law §2819 requiring hospitals to report select HAIs to the New York State Department of Health (the Department). This law was created to provide the public with fair, accurate, and reliable HAI data to compare hospital infection rates and to support quality improvement and infection prevention activities in hospitals. Annual reports that summarize hospital HAI rates are published on this website. The data are also available for download on Health Data NY, the Department's open data portal.

There was no 2020 annual report published. COVID-19 disrupted nearly every aspect of life, including health care systems around the world. Most hospitals provided only limited services and postponed non-essential services and elective surgeries. However, hospitals were overwhelmed with very sick people requiring longer hospital stays with severe co-morbidities requiring intensive care unit admission, central lines, or other devices. As such, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allowed hospitals to suspend HAI reporting for January to June 2020, and the Department decided not to publish a full annual report for 2020. Statewide data for 2020 are included in the 2021 report, and hospital specific HAI rates for 2020 are presented in Appendix 1 of the 2021 Hospital-Acquired Infections Technical Report.

The 2023 report provides hospital-acquired infection rates statewide and by individual hospital for 2023. The infections selected for reporting in 2023 include colon surgical site infections, hip replacement surgical site infections, coronary artery bypass graft surgical site infections, abdominal hysterectomy surgical site infections, spinal fusion surgical site infections, central line-associated bloodstream infections, Candida auris infections and colonizations, and Clostridioides difficile and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infection rates occurring on admission and during a patient's hospital stay.

To review an HAI report, please select from the list below:

• Hospital-Acquired Infections – New York State 2023
  • Part 1: Summary for Consumers (PDF)
  • Part 2: Technical Report (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections – New York State 2022
  • Part 1: Summary for Consumers (PDF)
  • Part 2: Technical Report (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections – New York State 2021
  • Part 1: Summary for Consumers (PDF)
  • Part 2: Technical Report (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections – New York State 2020
  • Hospital Specific Rates 2020 (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2019
  • Part 1: Summary for Consumers (PDF)
  • Part 2: Technical Report (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2018
  • Part 1: Summary for Consumers (PDF)
  • Part 2: Technical Report (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2017
  • Part 1: Summary for Consumers (PDF)
  • Part 2: Technical Report (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2016
  • Part 1: Summary for Consumers (PDF)
  • Part 2: Technical Report (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2015
  • Part 1: Summary for Consumers (PDF)
  • Part 2: Technical Report (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2014 (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2013 (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2012 (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2011 (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2010 (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2009 (PDF)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections - New York State 2008 (PDF)
  • Questions and Answers on Reported Central Line ICU Infection Rates
• Full Report to Hospitals - Hospital-Acquired Infection Reporting System - 2007 (PDF)
  • Report to the Governor and Legislature - Hospital-Acquired Infection Reporting System - 2007 (PDF)

Proposed changes to 2020 New York State hospital-acquired infection reporting requirements

• Proposed changes (PDF)

Additional Resources

Guidance for New York State hospitals

• Hospital-Acquired Infections - Getting Started Guide, New York State 2019 (PDF)
• New York State Department of Health Policy for Facilities with Consecutive Years of High HAI Rates - July 2025 (PDF)
• Facilities excluded from reporting under Public Health Law 2819 (PDF)

Links to websites outside of New York State

• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
• CDC Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI)
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• The Joint Commission
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
• Island Peer Review Organization (IPRO)
• The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS)
• The Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA)
• University of Rochester Medical Center CLABSI prevention
• Continuum Health Partners – Caring for your PICC line