The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) is the largest patient safety data repository of its kind in the United States, containing over 5.8 million reports, including more than 473,000 long-term care (LTC) healthcare-associated infection (HAI) reports.
A study entitled Long-Term Care Healthcare-Associated Infections in 2025: Analysis of 30,967 Reports From Pennsylvania published on April 27, 2026 in Patient Safety found that in 2025, the number of infection reports submitted to PA-PSRS by nursing homes and the overall infection rate increased, due to a rise in all infection types except for device-related bloodstream infections. Respiratory tract infections, particularly influenza, showed the most substantial increase.
The analysis stated: “In 2025, Pennsylvania’s LTC facilities submitted 30,967 infection reports to PA-PSRS, a 16.9% increase over the prior year and the fourth consecutive annual increase, with all four increases exceeding 10%. The overall infection rate was 1.25 infections per 1,000 resident days, representing a 15.7% increase from 2024. The 2025 rate also established a significant four-year increasing linear trend since the low point of 0.77 in 2021 (R2=0.989, p=0.0005). Infection rates increased across all regions of the state except the Northeast, which remained unchanged, with the largest increase observed in the Southeast region, where the rate rose by 0.26 points (32.9%) from 2024 to 2025. The overall infection rate increased due to rising rates across all infection types, except for device-related bloodstream infections, for which the rate remained the same. Respiratory tract infections had the largest increase in both number and percentage, driven largely by influenza, which rose by 1,652 reports (117.7%). Reports of gastrointestinal infections increased as well, attributable to an 84.7% increase in norovirus.
In 2025, respiratory tract infections (RTIs) showed the largest increase in both number and percentage, moving from the third to the second most frequently reported infection type after three consecutive years behind urinary tract infections. This shift was driven largely by influenza, which showed the greatest increase among all subtypes, rising by 1,652 reports (117.7%). Gastrointestinal infections also showed a large percentage increase in 2025 (31.5%), largely reflecting an 84.7% increase in norovirus reports.
[S]kin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) have been the most frequently reported type, reflecting the predominance of the cellulitis, soft tissue, or wound infection subtype. Symptomatic urinary tract infection (SUTI) and pneumonia were also among the most frequently reported subtypes throughout the four-year period.”
If you or a loved one may have been injured (or worse) as a result of medical malpractice involving an infection in a nursing home in Pennsylvania or in another U.S. state, you should promptly find a Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer, or a medical malpractice lawyer in your state, who may investigate your nursing home infection medical malpractice claim for you and represent you or your loved one in a nursing home infection malpractice case, if appropriate.
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