Texas Healthcare Safety Annual Reports
| Texas Healthcare-Associated Infections | |||||
| January – December 2025 | |||||
| (As of July 27, 2026) | |||||
| Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection | Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection | Surgical Site Infection | Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus* | C. Difficile Infection* | |
| Number of infections or positive specimens | 561 | 1,057 | 1,604 | 1,249* | 1,935* |
| Number of Healthcare-associated Infections contributing to death | 1 | 30 | 12 | N/A | N/A |
| Number of device days or surgeries | 1,270,315 | 1,568,716 | 53,291 | 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 2025 | |
| (As of August 21, 2026) | |
| Number of Preventable Adverse Events reported | 2,758 |
| Number of healthcare facilities that reported | 245 |
