Canada: Hamilton Hospital reports 12th C.difficile Superbug related death
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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Plagues, Pestilences and Diseases
Mon Jan 03 2011
Canada: Hamilton Hospital reports 12th C.difficile Superbug related death
Another patient with C. difficile at St. Joseph’s hospital has died, bringing the number of deaths during the current outbreak to 12.
While there were no new cases to report Monday, and the hospital believes the situation is improving, the death comes on the heels of the death of a 91-year-old woman on Thursday. Only one death so far has been directly attributed to C. diff, but eight remain under investigation.
The total number of C. diff cases rose to 83 late last week — 51 cases in which the infection was acquired at the hospital and 32 who came in with it.
Hospital president Dr. David Higgins said Friday there has been a dramatic reduction in cases over the last month.
The outbreak was declared on Nov. 1 after individual cases of C. diff were noted in October.
C. diff is an infection causing severe diarrhea, nausea and painful cramping and can result in serious complications and death. Hospitals normally have about five C. diff cases per month. In 2008, Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital in Burlington had a large outbreak in which 91 infected patients died.
St. Joseph’s Hospital has implemented new procedures to stem the outbreak and had a special provincial team review its methods and make other recommendations.
The Hamilton Spectator
Mon Jan 03 2011
Canada: Hamilton Hospital reports 12th C.difficile Superbug related death
Another patient with C. difficile at St. Joseph’s hospital has died, bringing the number of deaths during the current outbreak to 12.
While there were no new cases to report Monday, and the hospital believes the situation is improving, the death comes on the heels of the death of a 91-year-old woman on Thursday. Only one death so far has been directly attributed to C. diff, but eight remain under investigation.
The total number of C. diff cases rose to 83 late last week — 51 cases in which the infection was acquired at the hospital and 32 who came in with it.
Hospital president Dr. David Higgins said Friday there has been a dramatic reduction in cases over the last month.
The outbreak was declared on Nov. 1 after individual cases of C. diff were noted in October.
C. diff is an infection causing severe diarrhea, nausea and painful cramping and can result in serious complications and death. Hospitals normally have about five C. diff cases per month. In 2008, Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital in Burlington had a large outbreak in which 91 infected patients died.
St. Joseph’s Hospital has implemented new procedures to stem the outbreak and had a special provincial team review its methods and make other recommendations.
The Hamilton Spectator
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