McLeod Health has been honored with 38 South Carolina “Certified Zero Harm Awards” from the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) in recognition of the hospital system’s excellent work in preventing hospital-acquired infections.

The following McLeod Health hospitals were recognized with Zero Harm Awards: McLeod Health Cheraw, McLeod Health Clarendon, McLeod Health Darlington, McLeod Health Dillon, McLeod Health Loris, McLeod Health Seacoast and McLeod Regional Medical Center. To earn a Certified Zero Harm Award, hospitals must experience no preventable hospital-acquired infections of a specific nature over an extended period of time.

The Zero Harm Awards showcase the hospitals who have had extended harm-free stretches in surgical site infections in major surgical procedures like knee replacements, hip replacements, colon surgery, and abdominal hysterectomy, or gone months without a Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI), MRSA or C. diff.

All hospital data used for the awards is independently verified by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and recognizes the exceptional achievement the hospital or hospital unit has made to the safety and quality of care within their facilities.

McLeod Health Cheraw
CLABSI ICU • 60 Months
Hospital onset MRSA • 12 Months
Hospital onset MRSA • 12 Months
SSI – Colon Surgery • 30 Months
SSI – Abdominal Hysterectomy • 36 Months
SSI – Knee Replacement • 18 Months

McLeod Health Clarendon
CLABSI ICU • 36 Months
SSI – Colon Surgery • 36 Months
SSI – Hip Replacement • 30 Months
SSI – Abdominal Hysterectomy • 36 Months
SSI – Knee Replacement • 36 Months
Hospital onset C.diff • 18 Months
Hospital onset MRSA • 30 Months

McLeod Health Darlington
Hospital onset C.diff • 18 Months
Hospital onset MRSA • 24 Months

McLeod Health Dillon
CLABSI ICU • 36 Months
SSI – Colon Surgery • 42 Months
SSI – Hip Replacement • 24 Months
SSI – Abdominal Hysterectomy • 48 Months
SSI – Knee Replacement • 12 Months
SSI – Knee Replacement • 12 Months

McLeod Health Loris
CLABSI ICU • 48 Months
Hospital onset MRSA • 48 Months
SSI – Colon Surgery • 30 Months
SSI – Abdominal Hysterectomy • 30 Months

McLeod Health Seacoast
CLABSI ICU • 12 Months
Hospital onset MRSA • 12 Months
SSI – Colon Surgery • 12 Months
SSI – Knee Replacement • 18 Months
SSI – Hip Replacement • 12 Months
SSI – Abdominal Hysterectomy • 12 Months

McLeod Regional Medical Center
CLABSI Oncology • 30 Months
CLABSI NICU • 42 Months
CLABSI HVICU • 42 Months
CLABSI MICU • 12 Months
CLABSI PICU • 66 Months
CLABSI TSCU • 12 Months
SSI – Abdominal Hysterectomy • 12 Months