DANVILLE, Va. (Feb. 5, 2010) - Consumer Reports recently listed Danville Regional Medical Center as one of five hospitals in Virginia with no central-line-related bloodstream infections in its intensive-care unit.

Consumer Reports researched hospitals in 10 states that publically provided intensive-care unit infection numbers. In Virginia, 44 hospitals with patients on central lines for more than 1,000 days were analyzed. During the reporting period, DRMC patients spent 1,074 total days on central lines, with results indicating no infections.

“The data released by Consumer Reports shows concerning statistics relating to infections in intensive-care units, not only in Virginia hospitals, but in hospitals across the nation,” said DRMC CEO Jerel Humphrey. “Our zero infection rate is a direct reflection of the quality care our staff provides in our intensive-care unit. In any hospital environment, central-line infections are a major area of concern, and we are proud that our team at DRMC has taken the necessary steps to prevent them in our intensive-care patients.”

According to the report, 15 percent of all hospital infections are central-line, and are responsible for at least 30 percent of the 99,000 annual hospital infection-related deaths. For more information on the study, visit http://www.ConsumerReports.org.

Danville Regional is the leading medical center in the Dan River Region of Virginia and North Carolina, providing open heart surgery and advanced cancer treatment. Approximately 140 physicians are on the medical staff. The medical center employs approximately 1,200 people.