Health care watchdog The Leapfrog Group released the fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade Nov. 10, assigning a letter grade to nearly 3,000 hospitals nationwide based on their prevention of medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections that kill or harm patients.

New Jersey ranked No. 9 in terms of states with the most As. New Jersey’s hospitals received more A grades than it did B or C grades. Only two hospitals received D grades, and no hospital received an F.

Across all states, 32% of hospitals received an A grade, 26% received a B, 35% received a C, 7% received a D, and less than 1% received an F.

Leapfrog rates its largest number of hospitals ever in its 2021 report, and the grades reflect performance on more than 30 evidence‐based measures of safety, including for the first time, post‐operative sepsis, blood leakage, and falls causing hip injury.

Sepsis, including post‐operative sepsis, kills over 270,000 people a year and is the costliest condition in U.S. hospitals.

“As the pandemic continues, we all have heightened awareness of the importance of hospitals in our communities and in our lives,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “It is critical that all hospitals put patient safety first. Now we have more information on more hospitals than ever before, so people can protect themselves and their families.”

The full list of the 70 New Jersey hospitals that Leapfrog graded is available below:

• Atlanticare Regional Medical Center – City Campus Atlantic City: C
• Atlanticare Regional Medical Center – Mainland Campus, Pomona: B
• Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel: A
• Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, Paramus: A
• Cape Regional Medical Center, Cape May Court House: B
• Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, Pennington: B
• Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton: B
• CarePoint Health – Bayonne Medical Center, Bayonne: B
• CarePoint Health – Christ Hospital, Jersey City: C
• Carepoint Health – Hoboken University Medical Center: C
• CentraState Medical Center, Freehold: C
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains: A
• Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville: B
• Community Medical Center, Toms River: B
• Cooper University Hospital, Camden: C
• East Orange General Hospital, East Orange: C
• Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood: A
• Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center, Montclair: C
• Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen: B
• Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical Center, Westwood: A
• Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack: A
• Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, Hackettstown: C
• Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck: C
• Hudson Regional Hospital, Secaucus: C
• Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington: A
• Inspira Medical Center, Elmer: A
• Inspira Medical Center, Mullica Hill: A
• Inspira Medical Center Vineland: B
• Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital: A
• Jefferson Stratford Hospital: A
• Jefferson Washington Township Hospital, Turnersville: A
• Jersey City Medical Center: B
• Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune: A
• JFK Medical Center, Edison: C
• Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch: A
• Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, Lakewood: B
• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown: A
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center: B
• Newton Medical Center: A
• Ocean Medical Center, Brick: A
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit: A
• Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, Plainsboro: A
• Raritan Bay Medical Center of Old Bridge: B
• Raritan Bay Medical Center of Perth Amboy: B
• Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank,: A
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick: C
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton: A
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway: A
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, Somerville: A
• Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston: C
• Saint Clare’s Hospital of Denville: A
• Saint Clare’s Hospital of Dover: A
• Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Newark: B
• Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick: A
• Salem Medical Center: C
• Shore Medical Center, Somers Point: C
• Southern Ocean Medical Center, Manahawkin: C
• St. Francis Medical Center of Trenton: C
• St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson: D
• St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center: D
• St. Luke’s Warren Campus, Phillipsburg: A
• St. Mary’s General Hospital, Passaic: A
• The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood: A
• Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth: C
• University Hospital, Newark: C
• Virtua Marlton Hospital: B
• Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly: C
• Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden: C
• Virtua Voorhees Hospital: A
• Virtua Willingboro Hospital: C