Bayshore, Riverview Get 'A' Grades In 2018 Leapfrog Rating
HOLMDEL, NJ — Good news for the two hospitals located in northern Monmouth County: Both Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel and Riverview Medical Center received "A" grades for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group in their latest 2018 survey, just released Thursday.
Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch also received an A grade, as did Jersey Shore University Medical Center, the area's trauma center where the most seriously injured are taken.
Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge and CentraState in Freehold, however, received B grades.
You can read all your local hospital rankings here:
Bayshore Medical Center (Holmdel) - A
Riverview Medical Center (Red Bank) - A
Monmouth Medical Center (Long Branch) - A
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune) - A
Raritan Bay Medical Center (Old Bridge) - B
CentraState (Freehold) - B
Leapfrog evaluates all New Jersey hospitals twice a year, in the spring and the fall. They say their rating system is based on errors, accidents, injuries and infections that occur at each hospital.
Both Bayshore and Riverview earned high marks for control of common hospital infections, such as MRSA (Staph bacteria) infections, C. diff infections, urinary tract infections and surgical site infections after surgery, among others.
They also graded well for control of bed sores, patient slips and falls, medication being ordered through a computer, handwashing and safe surgeries.
You can read the entire safety ranking of all the hospitals in New Jersey here:
New Jersey Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018
Pictured: Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel.
