Becker’s Hospital Review Highlights Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital as One of 312 Hospitals in the U.S. With MRSA Infection Rate of Zero

Three hundred twelve (312) hospitals in the United States – including Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital – have a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rate of zero, based on health care-associated infections data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The measures – developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and collected through the National Healthcare Safety Network – show how often patients contract certain infections during medical treatment. Becker’s Hospital Review highlighted the news.