Accidental Puncture and Laceration
This indicator is intended to flag cases of complications that arise due to technical difficulties in medical care, specifically those involving an accidental puncture or laceration.
 

State total cases at risk: 1,771,790
State risk-adjusted occurrence rate: 0.189%

There are 212 hospitals in this table.

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 =  Better than state average
 =  At the state average
 =  Worse than state average
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 State Avg.
 Albany          
  Albany          
Albany Medical Center Hospital(23300 : 0.154% , 0.262%)(0.208%)
Albany Medical Center/South Clinical Campus(34 : 0.000% , 0.853%)(0.000%)
Albany Memorial Hospital(3203 : 0.008% , 0.351%)(0.179%)
St Peter's Hospital(18457 : 0.116% , 0.230%)(0.173%)
 Allegany          
  Wellsville          
Jones Memorial Hospital(1171 : 0.511% , 1.192%)(0.851%)
 Allegheny          
  Cuba          
Cuba Memorial Hospital Inc(62 : 0.000% , 4.267%)(0.000%)
 Bronx          
  Bronx          
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center/Concourse Div..(18397 : 0.186% , 0.375%)(0.281%)
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center/Fulton Divisi..(4491 : 0.000% , 0.558%)(0.000%)
Calvary Hospital(2939 : 0.000% , 0.397%)(0.000%)
Jacobi Medical Center(13673 : 0.218% , 0.434%)(0.326%)
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center(15872 : 0.147% , 0.356%)(0.252%)
Montefiore Medical Center/Moses Division(32596 : 0.289% , 0.402%)(0.345%)
Montefiore Medical Center/Weiler Division/A..(17360 : 0.230% , 0.364%)(0.297%)
North Central Bronx Hospital(5214 : 0.073% , 0.513%)(0.293%)
Our Lady Of Mercy Medical Center(10497 : 0.072% , 0.284%)(0.178%)
St Barnabas Hospital(14855 : 0.000% , 0.184%)(0.067%)
 Broome          
  Binghamton          
Lourdes Hospital(7894 : 0.172% , 0.409%)(0.291%)
United Health Services/Binghamton General H..(4773 : 0.000% , 0.363%)(0.131%)
  Johnson City          
United Health Services/Wilson Regional Medi..(9524 : 0.189% , 0.366%)(0.277%)
 Cattaraugus          
  Olean          
Olean General Hospital(3941 : 0.278% , 0.571%)(0.424%)
 Cayuga          
  Auburn          
Auburn Memorial Hospital(4095 : 0.000% , 0.279%)(0.059%)
 Chautauqua          
  Dunkirk          
Brooks Memorial Hospital(1923 : 0.000% , 0.239%)(0.000%)
  Irving          
TLC Health Network/Lake Shore Campus(1465 : 0.000% , 1.334%)(0.619%)
  Jamestown          
Women's Christian Association Hospital(4714 : 0.095% , 0.420%)(0.258%)
  Westfield          
Westfield Memorial Hospital(98 : 0.000% , 2.513%)(0.000%)
 Chemung          
  Elmira          
Arnot Ogden Medical Center(8486 : 0.103% , 0.328%)(0.216%)
St Joseph's Hospital(3609 : 0.000% , 0.387%)(0.000%)
 Chenango          
  Norwich          
United Health Services/Chenango Memorial Ho..(1277 : 0.223% , 0.903%)(0.563%)
 Clinton          
  Plattsburgh          
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medica..(6903 : 0.142% , 0.405%)(0.274%)
 Columbia          
  Hudson          
Columbia Memorial Hospital(4617 : 0.434% , 0.788%)(0.611%)
 Cortland          
  Cortland          
Cortland Regional Medical Center(2883 : 0.000% , 0.382%)(0.142%)
 Delaware          
  Delhi          
O'Connor Hospital(189 : 0.000% , 1.465%)(0.000%)
  Margaretville          
Margaretville Memorial Hospital(225 : 0.000% , 2.203%)(0.000%)
  Walton          
United Health Services/Delaware Valley Hosp..(413 : 0.000% , 1.613%)(0.000%)
 Dutchess          
  Poughkeepsie          
St Francis Hospital-Poughkeepsie(6405 : 0.000% , 0.250%)(0.104%)
Vassar Brothers Medical Center(12848 : 0.088% , 0.268%)(0.178%)
  Rhinebeck          
Northern Dutchess Hospital(2536 : 0.000% , 0.480%)(0.196%)
 Erie          
  Buffalo          
Buffalo General Hospital(21609 : 0.181% , 0.306%)(0.244%)
Erie County Medical Center(14979 : 0.010% , 0.235%)(0.122%)
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo(15558 : 0.125% , 0.255%)(0.190%)
Roswell Park Cancer Institute(4563 : 0.325% , 0.487%)(0.406%)
Sisters of Charity Hospital(8060 : 0.102% , 0.279%)(0.191%)
Women's & Children's Hospital of Buffalo(552 : 0.027% , 0.622%)(0.324%)
  Cheektowaga          
St Joseph Hospital(4422 : 0.000% , 0.220%)(0.076%)
  Kenmore          
Kenmore Mercy Hospital(7097 : 0.079% , 0.322%)(0.200%)
  Springville          
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital(692 : 0.000% , 0.838%)(0.000%)
  Williamsville          
Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital(11673 : 0.026% , 0.174%)(0.100%)
 Essex          
  Elizabethtown          
Elizabethtown Community Hospital(270 : 0.000% , 3.177%)(0.000%)
  Ticonderoga          
Moses-Ludington Hospital(194 : 0.000% , 1.557%)(0.000%)
 Franklin          
  Malone          
Alice Hyde Medical Center(1757 : 0.120% , 0.698%)(0.409%)
  Saranac Lake          
Adirondack Medical Center(2360 : 0.362% , 0.626%)(0.494%)
 Fulton          
  Gloversville          
Nathan Littauer Hospital(2385 : 0.000% , 0.444%)(0.124%)
 Genesee          
  Batavia          
United Memorial Medical Center/North St Cam..(2813 : 0.000% , 0.381%)(0.141%)
United Memorial Medical Center/St Jerome Ho..(247 : 0.000% , 2.313%)(0.000%)
 Herkimer          
  Little Falls          
Little Falls Hospital(815 : 0.000% , 0.697%)(0.000%)
 Jefferson          
  Alexandria Bay          
River Hospital(91 : 0.000% , 1.725%)(0.000%)
  Carthage          
Carthage Area Hospital(628 : 0.007% , 0.841%)(0.424%)
  Watertown          
Samaritan Medical Center(6553 : 0.033% , 0.319%)(0.176%)
 Kings          
  Brooklyn          
Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Cen..(11569 : 0.000% , 0.156%)(0.035%)
Brooklyn Hospital Center/Downtown Campus(11982 : 0.218% , 0.402%)(0.310%)
Coney Island Hospital(9663 : 0.000% , 0.195%)(0.050%)
Interfaith Medical Center(8426 : 0.000% , 0.217%)(0.000%)
Kings County Hospital Center(17566 : 0.107% , 0.300%)(0.204%)
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center(9196 : 0.000% , 0.229%)(0.092%)
Long Island College Hospital(5256 : 0.000% , 0.181%)(0.045%)
Lutheran Medical Center(18697 : 0.075% , 0.225%)(0.150%)
Maimonides Medical Center(23356 : 0.182% , 0.296%)(0.239%)
New York Community Hospital(7630 : 0.000% , 0.172%)(0.026%)
New York Methodist Hospital(25841 : 0.176% , 0.298%)(0.237%)
SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brook..(10368 : 0.199% , 0.385%)(0.292%)
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center(9441 : 0.000% , 0.259%)(0.119%)
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center(11952 : 0.008% , 0.228%)(0.118%)
  New York          
Beth Israel Medical Center/Kings Highway Di..(10540 : 0.000% , 0.193%)(0.079%)
 Lewis          
  Lowville          
Lewis County General Hospital(1067 : 0.000% , 0.389%)(0.101%)
 Livingston          
  Dansville          
Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital(1360 : 0.000% , 0.222%)(0.000%)
 Madison          
  Hamilton          
Community Memorial Hospital(1384 : 0.000% , 0.332%)(0.000%)
  Oneida          
Oneida Healthcare Center(2100 : 0.042% , 0.381%)(0.211%)
 Monroe          
  Brockport          
Lakeside Memorial Hospital(423 : 0.000% , 0.617%)(0.000%)
  Rochester          
Highland Hospital(12284 : 0.150% , 0.283%)(0.217%)
Monroe Community Hospital(27 : Sample size too small)
Strong Memorial Hospital(27195 : 0.115% , 0.218%)(0.167%)
Unity Health System/St Mary's Campus(1289 : 0.000% , 1.475%)(0.000%)
Unity Hospital(11691 : 0.079% , 0.260%)(0.170%)
ViaHealth/Rochester General Hospital(24686 : 0.300% , 0.403%)(0.352%)
 Montgomery          
  Amsterdam          
Amsterdam Memorial Healthcare(196 : 0.000% , 2.157%)(0.000%)
St Mary's Hospital at Amsterdam(4718 : 0.000% , 0.200%)(0.000%)
 Nassau          
  Bethpage          
New Island Hospital(6081 : 0.000% , 0.274%)(0.129%)
  East Meadow          
Nassau University Medical Center(15562 : 0.000% , 0.170%)(0.059%)
  Glen Cove          
NS/LIJ HS-North Shore University Hospital/G..(7845 : 0.000% , 0.198%)(0.033%)
  Manhasset          
NS/LIJ HS-North Shore University Hospital/M..(35662 : 0.142% , 0.223%)(0.182%)
  Mineola          
Winthrop-University Hospital(22151 : 0.099% , 0.210%)(0.155%)
  Oceanside          
South Nassau Communities Hospital(17818 : 0.000% , 0.142%)(0.068%)
  Plainview          
NS/LIJ HS-Plainview Hospital(9136 : 0.097% , 0.308%)(0.202%)
  Rockville Centre          
Mercy Medical Center(8218 : 0.104% , 0.354%)(0.229%)
  Roslyn          
St Francis Hospital-The Heart Center(16169 : 0.221% , 0.350%)(0.285%)
  Syosset          
NS/LIJ HS-Syosset Hospital(3343 : 0.000% , 0.231%)(0.066%)
  Valley Stream          
NS/LIJ HS-Franklin Hospital Medical Center(8399 : 0.000% , 0.190%)(0.031%)
 New York          
  New York          
Bellevue Hospital Center (HHC)(19416 : 0.110% , 0.277%)(0.194%)
Beth Israel Medical Center/Petrie Campus(34068 : 0.125% , 0.237%)(0.181%)
Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital/Goldwate..(175 : 0.000% , 1.816%)(0.000%)
Harlem Hospital(9078 : 0.266% , 0.537%)(0.401%)
Hospital for Joint Diseases(3920 : 0.000% , 0.462%)(0.185%)
Hospital for Special Surgery(11488 : 0.000% , 0.276%)(0.119%)
Lenox Hill Hospital(22517 : 0.110% , 0.218%)(0.164%)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center(20868 : 0.085% , 0.164%)(0.124%)
Metropolitan Hospital Center(10879 : 0.142% , 0.405%)(0.273%)
Mount Sinai Medical Center(38324 : 0.051% , 0.123%)(0.087%)
New York Downtown Hospital(5301 : 0.000% , 0.170%)(0.041%)
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary(459 : 0.000% , 0.720%)(0.258%)
New York Presbyterian/Allen Pavilion(8414 : 0.000% , 0.162%)(0.000%)
New York Presbyterian/Columbia Presbyterian(32739 : 0.135% , 0.218%)(0.177%)
New York Presbyterian/Weil Cornell Center(28191 : 0.165% , 0.251%)(0.208%)
New York University Hospitals Center(16186 : 0.054% , 0.159%)(0.107%)
St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital/Roosevelt Hosp..(14774 : 0.074% , 0.233%)(0.154%)
St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital/St Luke's Hosp..(15163 : 0.094% , 0.273%)(0.184%)
 Niagara          
  Lewiston          
Mount St Mary's Hospital & Health Center(4631 : 0.043% , 0.386%)(0.215%)
  Lockport          
Lockport Memorial Hospital(3174 : 0.000% , 0.244%)(0.047%)
  N Tonawanda          
DeGraff Memorial Hospital(2162 : 0.000% , 0.309%)(0.000%)
  Newfane          
Inter-Community Memorial Hospital(1371 : 0.000% , 0.552%)(0.174%)
  Niagara Falls          
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center(4419 : 0.000% , 0.183%)(0.000%)
 Oneida          
  Rome          
Rome Memorial Hospital(2981 : 0.000% , 0.371%)(0.180%)
Rome Memorial Hospital(2981 : 0.000% , 0.371%)(0.180%)
  Utica          
Faxton - St Luke's Healthcare/Faxton Campus(55 : 0.000% , 4.269%)(0.000%)
Faxton-St Luke's Healthcare/St Luke's Campu..(11801 : 0.115% , 0.306%)(0.210%)
St Elizabeth Medical Center(10115 : 0.219% , 0.430%)(0.325%)
 Onondaga          
  Syracuse          
Community General Hospital of Greater Syrac..(5370 : 0.245% , 0.499%)(0.372%)
Crouse Hospital(13242 : 0.221% , 0.353%)(0.287%)
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center(22723 : 0.190% , 0.309%)(0.250%)
SUNY/Upstate Medical University Hospital(15826 : 0.130% , 0.282%)(0.206%)
 Ontario          
  Canandaigua          
F F Thompson Hospital(3937 : 0.000% , 0.227%)(0.042%)
  Clifton Springs          
Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic(2600 : 0.268% , 0.881%)(0.574%)
  Geneva          
Finger Lakes Health/Geneva General Hospital(3575 : 0.000% , 0.380%)(0.186%)
 Orange          
  Goshen          
Orange Regional Medical Center/Arden Hill(15441 : 0.000% , 0.178%)(0.088%)
  Newburgh          
St Luke's Cornwall Hospital/Newburgh Campus(7792 : 0.000% , 0.238%)(0.113%)
  Port Jervis          
Bon Secours Community Hospital(4414 : 0.000% , 0.194%)(0.000%)
  Warwick          
St Anthony Community Hospital(1959 : 0.000% , 0.263%)(0.000%)
 Orleans          
  Medina          
Medina Memorial Hospital(1939 : 0.000% , 0.388%)(0.000%)
 Oswego          
  Oswego          
Oswego Hospital(3425 : 0.000% , 0.190%)(0.000%)
 Otsego          
  Cooperstown          
Bassett Healthcare(7801 : 0.132% , 0.338%)(0.235%)
  Oneonta          
A O Fox Hospital(2283 : 0.000% , 0.384%)(0.143%)
 Putnam          
  Carmel          
Putnam Hospital Center(5714 : 0.000% , 0.290%)(0.139%)
 Queens          
  Elmhurst          
Elmhurst Hospital Center(16319 : 0.066% , 0.285%)(0.175%)
  Far Rockaway          
St John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore(8374 : 0.047% , 0.355%)(0.201%)
  Flushing          
Flushing Hospital Medical Center(9719 : 0.027% , 0.253%)(0.140%)
New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens(22501 : 0.057% , 0.182%)(0.119%)
  Forest Hills          
NS/LIJ HS-Forest Hills Hospital(12898 : 0.000% , 0.111%)(0.012%)
  Glen Oaks          
NS/LIJ HS-The Zucker Hillside Hospital(277 : 0.000% , 0.848%)(0.000%)
  Jamaica          
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center(16694 : 0.031% , 0.215%)(0.123%)
Queens Hospital Center(10046 : 0.000% , 0.225%)(0.105%)
  Long Island City          
Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens(9233 : 0.027% , 0.276%)(0.152%)
  New Hyde Park          
NS/LIJ HS-Long Island Jewish Medical Center(30875 : 0.185% , 0.285%)(0.235%)
 Rensselaer          
  Troy          
Samaritan Hospital(6084 : 0.024% , 0.297%)(0.160%)
Seton Health System/St Mary's Hospital(4089 : 0.000% , 0.344%)(0.145%)
 Richmond          
  Staten Island          
NS/LIJ HS-Staten Island University Hospital..(25210 : 0.130% , 0.262%)(0.196%)
NS/LIJ HS-Staten Island University Hospital..(9748 : 0.000% , 0.314%)(0.127%)
Richmond University Medical Center(9211 : 0.000% , 0.179%)(0.071%)
Richmond University Medical Center ( former..(1171 : 0.000% , 1.079%)(0.000%)
 Rockland          
  Nyack          
Nyack Hospital(10237 : 0.084% , 0.333%)(0.208%)
  Pomona          
Summit Park Hospital-The Dr R L Yeager Heal..(977 : 0.000% , 1.835%)(0.000%)
  Suffern          
Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern(11858 : 0.000% , 0.130%)(0.034%)
  West Haverstraw          
Helen Hayes Hospital/Acute Care(1900 : 0.000% , 1.157%)(0.000%)
 Saratoga          
  Saratoga Springs          
Saratoga Hospital(6873 : 0.069% , 0.322%)(0.196%)
 Schenectady          
  Niskayuna          
Bellevue Woman's Hospital(114 : 0.000% , 0.294%)(0.000%)
  Schenectady          
Ellis Hospital(14432 : 0.214% , 0.394%)(0.304%)
Sunnyview Hospital & Rehabilitation Center/..(2433 : 0.000% , 1.330%)(0.000%)
 Schoharie          
  Cobleskill          
Bassett Hospital of Schoharie County(539 : 0.000% , 0.829%)(0.000%)
 Schuyler          
  Montour Falls          
Schuyler Hospital(708 : 0.000% , 0.602%)(0.000%)
 St. Lawrence          
  Gouverneur          
Edward John Noble Hospital of Gouverneur(359 : 0.000% , 2.535%)(0.000%)
  Massena          
Massena Memorial Hospital(1831 : 0.000% , 0.433%)(0.120%)
  Ogdensburg          
Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center(2993 : 0.000% , 0.405%)(0.182%)
  Potsdam          
Canton-Potsdam Hospital(3940 : 0.014% , 0.367%)(0.190%)
  Star Lake          
Clifton-Fine Hospital(64 : 0.000% , 2.622%)(0.000%)
 Steuben          
  Bath          
Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital(488 : 0.000% , 0.702%)(0.000%)
  Corning          
Corning Hospital(3383 : 0.000% , 0.245%)(0.048%)
  Hornell          
St James Mercy Hospital(1640 : 0.258% , 0.794%)(0.526%)
 Suffolk          
  Bayshore          
NS/LIJ HS-Southside Hospital(14086 : 0.031% , 0.192%)(0.111%)
  Greenport          
Eastern Long Island Hospital(2875 : 0.000% , 0.654%)(0.302%)
  Huntington          
NS/LIJ HS-Huntington Hospital(12970 : 0.030% , 0.226%)(0.128%)
  Patchogue          
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center(14380 : 0.000% , 0.182%)(0.073%)
  Port Jefferson          
John T Mather Memorial Hospital(10903 : 0.024% , 0.227%)(0.125%)
St Charles Hospital(6113 : 0.091% , 0.413%)(0.252%)
  Riverhead          
Peconic Bay Medical Center(6007 : 0.267% , 0.548%)(0.408%)
  Smithtown          
St Catherine of Siena Medical Center(11010 : 0.028% , 0.280%)(0.154%)
  Southampton          
Southampton Hospital(4028 : 0.266% , 0.596%)(0.431%)
  Stony Brook          
SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital(23667 : 0.224% , 0.337%)(0.281%)
  West Islip          
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center(16126 : 0.160% , 0.311%)(0.236%)
 Sullivan          
  Calicoon          
Catskill Regional Medical Center/Grover Her..(175 : 0.000% , 3.777%)(0.000%)
  Harris          
Catskill Regional Medical Center/Harris(3395 : 0.119% , 0.545%)(0.332%)
 Tompkins          
  Ithaca          
Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca(4918 : 0.192% , 0.499%)(0.346%)
 Ulster          
  Ellenville          
Ellenville Regional Hospital(538 : 0.000% , 2.327%)(0.000%)
  Kingston          
Benedictine Hospital(3617 : 0.000% , 0.263%)(0.000%)
Kingston Hospital(7435 : 0.000% , 0.247%)(0.090%)
 Warren          
  Glens Falls          
Glens Falls Hospital(11591 : 0.000% , 0.157%)(0.059%)
 Wayne          
  Newark          
ViaHealth of Wayne/Newark Campus(3682 : 0.321% , 0.713%)(0.517%)
 Westchester          
  Bronxville          
Lawrence Hospital(8554 : 0.000% , 0.165%)(0.039%)
  Cortlandt Manor          
Hudson Valley Hospital Center(6010 : 0.112% , 0.424%)(0.268%)
  Dobbs Ferry          
Community Hospital at Dobbs Ferry(1104 : 0.000% , 0.399%)(0.000%)
  Harrison          
SVCMC - St Vincent's Westchester(2786 : 0.000% , 1.894%)(0.000%)
  Mount Kisco          
Northern Westchester Hospital Center(6129 : 0.230% , 0.450%)(0.340%)
  Mount Vernon          
Mount Vernon Hospital(3154 : 0.000% , 0.248%)(0.000%)
  New Rochelle          
Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester(6099 : 0.000% , 0.235%)(0.095%)
  Sleepy Hollow          
Phelps Memorial Hospital Center(5556 : 0.226% , 0.553%)(0.390%)
  Valhalla          
Blythedale Childrens Hospital(23 : Sample size too small)
Westchester Medical Center(13414 : 0.158% , 0.311%)(0.235%)
  White Plains          
New York Presbyterian/Westchester Division(3519 : 0.000% , 1.208%)(0.000%)
White Plains Hospital Center(11807 : 0.078% , 0.252%)(0.165%)
Winifred Masterson Burke Rehabilitation Hos..(2940 : 0.000% , 1.477%)(0.000%)
  Yonkers          
St John's Riverside Hospital/Andrus Pavilio..(9107 : 0.003% , 0.243%)(0.123%)
St John's Riverside Hospital/ParkCare Pavil..(6335 : 0.000% , 0.438%)(0.000%)
St Joseph's Medical Center(5429 : 0.000% , 0.217%)(0.000%)
 Wyoming          
  Warsaw          
Wyoming County Community Hospital(1876 : 0.000% , 0.542%)(0.233%)
 Yates          
  Penn Yan          
Finger Lakes Health/Soldiers & Sailors Memo..(748 : 0.000% , 1.565%)(0.000%)