Only 1 Brooklyn Hospital Deemed Fit In Safety Check

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — There's only one hospital in Brooklyn with a safety grade worth writing home about, according to a new study.

Brooklyn's 13 hospitals earned two Fs, seven Ds, three Cs and just one A in Leapfrog's Fall 2018 ratings that measured how likely a patient was to risk further injury or infection in hospitals across the U.S.

Several Brooklyn hospitals earned the lowest reported scores for problems that include objects left in patients, accidental cuts during surgery and dangerous blood clots. And only one walked away with top marks.

Read on to find out which hospitals analysts said provide the best care and which provide the worst.

F Grades

Interfaith Medical Center
Address: 1545 Atlantic Ave.
Neighborhood: Bed-Stuy
Complaints: Staff's failure to wash their hands between patients mean you're more likely to get an antibiotic-resistant staph infection at Interfaith, the study found. For the complete review, click here.

Maimonides Medical Center
Address: 4802 10th Ave.
Neighborhood: Sunset Park
Complaints: Maimonides had the lowest score in the nation for the high number of dangerous bed sores reported by patients. For the complete review, click here.

D Grades

Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Address: 1 Brookdale Plaza
Neighborhood: Brownsville
Complaints: Brookdale earned the worst in the nation for the high number of patients who suffer dangerous blood clots. For the complete review, click here.

New York Methodist Hospital
Address: 506 6th St.
Neighborhood: Park Slope
Complaints: Potentially fatal air bubbles, caused by carelessness when inserting or removing a tube from a major vein, are a serious problem at Methodist Hospital. For the complete review, click here.

Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Address: 3201 Kings Highway
Neighborhood: Marine Park
Complaints: Mount Sinai had consistently poor scores when it came to preventing human and computer errors. For the complete review, click here.

Coney Island Hospital
Address: 2601 Ocean Parkway
Neighborhood:Coney Island
Complaints: This hospital earned the worst possible score for dangerous bed sores, which occur when a patient lays in one position for too long. For the complete review, click here.

NYC Health + Hospitals - Kings County
Address: 451 Clarkson Ave
Neighborhood: Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
Complaints: Kings County also earned the worst possible score for dangerous bed sores. For the complete review, click here.

New York Community Hospital
Address: 2525 Kings Highway
Neighborhood: Midwood
Complaints: Patients are more likely to contract C. diff, a bacterium that can cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, and fever, at this hospital. For the complete review, click here.

SUNY Downstate Medical Center University Hospital of Brooklyn
Address: 445 Lenox Road
Neighborhood: Prospect Heights
Complaints: Hospital staff need to regularly clean the urinary catheters to prevent infection at this hospital. For the complete review, click here.

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
Address: 374 Stockholm St.
Neighborhood: Bushwick
Complaints: Wyckoff also earned the worst possible score for dangerous bed sores. For the complete review, click here.

C Grades

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
Address: 585 Schenectady Ave.
Neighborhood: Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
Complaints: This hospital ranks worst for the high blood infections, caused when hospital staff insert central lines. For the complete review, click here.

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn
Address: 150 55th Street
Neighborhood: Sunset Park
Complaints: Accidental cuts and tears during surgery helped earn this hospital its C grade. For the complete review, click here

NYC Health + Hospitals - Woodhull
Address: 760 Broadway
Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant
Complaints: Woodhull scored poorly for the high number of high number of collapsed lungs patients suffered during the insertion of catheters. For the complete review, click here.

A Grade

The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Address: 121 DeKalb Ave.
Neighborhood: Fort Greene
Complaints: The Brooklyn Hospital Center earned high marks for safety practices, communication with patients and prevention of infection and errors, but got low scores for surgery. For the complete review, click here.

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