On November 4
th 2008, Quebec scored an important victory in the fight against NI’s when Health Minister Yves Bolduc accepted the recommendation of the Quebec Order of Nurses to create a specialized nursing diploma in the prevention and control of NI’s. The Aucoin Report of 2005 recommended this measure following the
C. difficile epidemic of 2002 – 2004 and a C. Difficile outbreak at the Honoré-MercierHospital that infected 70 patients and killed 16