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Patient Safety Indicator Report
C. Difficile
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Rate of NWHC acquired CDAD per 1,000 patient days
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Number of NWHC acquired CDAD cases
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Palmerston and District Hospital
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Louise Marshall Hospital
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Palmerston and District Hospital
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Louise Marshall Hospital
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August, 2008
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Sept
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0
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2.73
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0
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<5 *
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Oct
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Nov
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0
|
0
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0
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0
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Dec
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3.82
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0
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<5*
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0
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January,2009
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Feb
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Mar
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Apr
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0
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0
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0
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0
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May
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0
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0
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0
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0
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June
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0
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0
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0
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0
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July
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0
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0
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0
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0
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August
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0
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0
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0
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0
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September
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0
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0
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0
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0
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October
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0
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0
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0
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0
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November
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0
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0
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0
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0
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December
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0
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3.00
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0
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<5*
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January, 2010
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0
|
0
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0
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0
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February
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0
|
0
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0
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0
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March
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0
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0
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0
|
0
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April
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0
|
0
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0
|
0
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May
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0
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0
|
0
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0
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June
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0
|
0
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0
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0
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July
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0
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0
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0
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0
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August
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0
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2.98
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0
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<5*
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September
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0
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0
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0
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0
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October
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0
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0
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0
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0
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November
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0
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0
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0
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0
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December
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0
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0
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0
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0
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January 2011
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0
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0
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0
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0
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February
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0
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0
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0
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0
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March
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0
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0
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0
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0
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April
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0
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0
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0
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0
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May
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0
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0
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0
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0 |
| June |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| July |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| August |
4.37 |
0 |
<5* |
0 |
| September |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| October |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| November |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| December |
0 |
3.50 |
0 |
<5* |
| January 2012 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| February |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| March |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* To protect the confidentiality of patients in small communities, the MOHLTC has suggested that Ontario hospitals report the number of cases that fall between 1 to 4 as less that 5
What do we do at North Wellington Health Care to prevent Clostridium difficile infections?
- We promote hand hygiene and work hard to provide clean environments to prevent infection all the time.
- We monitor closely for new cases and watch for signs of transmission among patients.
- We implement control measures (use of single rooms, careful hand hygiene, gowning, use of gloves, enhanced environmental cleaning) at the first sign of symptoms. The precautions continue until patients are no longer infectious.
- We provide ongoing education for health care, nutritional services, maintenance and housekeeping staff in our hospitals.
- We use antibiotics with care.
For more information on C. Difficlile, please click on the following link.
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/infectious/diseases/best_prac/fs_cdiff.pdf
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