Texas Healthcare Safety Annual Reports
| Texas Healthcare-Associated Infections | |||||
| January – December 2024 | |||||
| (As of June 3, 2025) | |||||
| Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection | Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infection | Surgical Site Infection | Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus* | C. Difficile Infection* | |
| Number of infections or positive specimens | 652 | 1,135 | 1,564 | 1,209 | 2,080 |
| Number of Healthcare-associated Infections contributing to death | 1 | 23 | 3 | N/A | N/A |
| Number of device days or surgeries | 1,247,395 | 1,526,949 | 52,109 | N/A | N/A |
| Note: All reported values include adult and pediatric cases; “N/A” indicates a field that is not provided by the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). These values include Healthcare-associated Infections that are excluded from Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) reports. For information on exclusion criteria visit The Guide to the SIR. *Only includes specimens classified as “hospital-onset” by NHSN. | |||||
| Total Preventable Adverse Events | |
| January – December 2024 | |
| (As of June 3, 2025) | |
| Number of Preventable Adverse Events reported | 2,696 |
| Number of healthcare facilities that reported | 252 |
