Congratulations to our teams for receiving 2025 Zero Harm Clinical Awards from the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) for our commitment to eliminating medical errors and creating a culture of high reliability throughout our facilities by implementing robust, evidence-based practices that are making a positive impact on patients and the safety and quality of care. By pursuing a standard of Zero Harm, our hospitals continue to put patient safety first in our mission to provide world-class care to the patients and communities we serve.

SCHA’s Zero Harm Awards were launched in 2014 as an effort to recognize South Carolina hospitals that were on the forefront of preventing medical errors, which by some estimates is the third leading cause of death in the United States. The Certified Zero Harm Awards began with a core idea — that zero harm as a goal was possible in a highly reliable system — and began rewarding hospitals who went extended stretches free of hospital-acquired infections in common categories and procedures. This statewide effort was also unique, thanks to SCHA’s collaboration with the South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH), which independently verified the awards.

Zero Harm awards received by McLeod Health Hospitals include:

McLeod Health Cheraw – Hospital Onset C. diff; Hospital Onset MRSA; CLABSI: Hospital Wide

McLeod Health Clarendon – Hospital Onset MRSA; Surgical Site Infection for Abdominal Hysterectomy, Colon Surgery, Knee Replacement and Hip Replacement; CLABSI: Hospital Wide

McLeod Health Dillon – Surgical Site Infection for Knee Replacement and Hip Replacement; Hospital Onset C. diff; Hospital Onset MRSA; CLABSI: Hospital Wide

McLeod Health Loris – Hospital Onset C. diff; CLABSI: Medical/Surgical

McLeod Health Seacoast – Surgical Site Infection for Abdominal Hysterectomy; CLABSI: Medical/Surgical Critical Care, Adult Step Down Unit

McLeod Regional Medical Center – Surgical Site Infection for Hip Replacement; CLABSI: Oncology, Cardiac, Neuroscience Care Unit, Pediatrics, Neurology, Orthopedics, Card Surgery, Medical 1, CCU, TSCU, Progressive Transitional Care Unit, PICU

* CLABSI – Central-Line Associated Blood Stream Infection