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Here at the Brockville
General Hospital we are committed to providing the best and safest care to
our patients. We support the provincial government’s new strategy to
publicly report eight Patient Safety Indicators to enhance patient safety
and strengthen the public’s confidence in our hospitals.
Since September 2008 we
have been reporting our nosocomial (hospital-acquired infections) rates and
number of cases of Clostridium difficile, monthly on our website. Nosocomial
rates and number of cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) bacteremias are reported
on a quarterly basis starting in December 2008. Other indicators
coming in April 2009 include ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAP), central
line infections (CLI), surgical site infections (SSI) and hand hygiene
compliancy rates.
Rates are calculated
per 1000 patient days. Total patient days represent the sum of the number of
days during which services were provided to all inpatients during the given
time period. For C.difficile children under one year of age are excluded.
These rates can all be accessed by the public on the Ministry of Health and
Long Term Care web site at
http://www.ontario.ca/patient_safety/.
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