Metro Detroit Hospitals That May Make You Sick

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Your hospital may be making you sick.

Nine Michigan hospitals got poor ratings for hospital-acquired infections in a new report released Wednesday.

Consumer Reports looked at U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data on five different hospital-acquired infections: MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus),C. diff (clostridium difficile), central-line infections, urinary tract catheter infections and surgical site infections.

Some 648,000 patients a year develop infections while hospitalized, and 75,000 of them die as a result, according to the report.

The worst infection rates in the metro area were at the University of Michigan and Henry Ford health systems, with U-M scoring the lowest.

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Also on the list of hospitals with poor ratings for hospital-acquired infections are Detroit Medical Center’s Harper University Hospital, Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn, St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ypsilanti and St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac.

Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak and Troy, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township, Providence Hospital in Southfield, and St. Joseph Macomb were also ranked, performing above average in some areas and below average in others. Among them, Beaumont Troy Hospital earned the highest rankings.

The Consumer Reports study is behind a paywall, but you can get a snapshot of the findings and more information on The Detroit News.

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