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Have you ever been admitted to the hospital for surgery or illness? Have you ever caught an infection unrelated to your surgery or illness? If so, you have been the victim of a nosocomial infection also known as hospital-acquired infections.
C. difficile, MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus), are well known, but there are many others.
Do you know that you have more chances to die from a nosocomial infection than from a car accident?
Every year in Quebec, 90 000 people are afflicted by these infections and, of that number, 4000 die immediately.
A minimum of 50% of these infections could be avoided by better prevention and control measures such as strict hand hygiene.
Nosocomial infections are also very costly to the health system. On average they cost 180 millions dollars yearly.
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BETTER SECURITY MEASURES FOR PATIENTS IN TORONTO |
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Written by Christine Besson
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Sunday, 16 September 2007 |
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TorontoUniversity Health
Network engages in major prevention measures by screening patients upon
admission.
the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada's
largest research hospital is about to launch a major screening program for
patients entering their facilities as early as next month. Patients will be screened
for MRSA and enterococci (VRE) two
of the virulent antibiotic resistant bacteria more and more present in
the general population. Carriers (colonized patients) will be put in isolation
and undergo specific antiseptic treatments with chlorhexidine. Strict hygiene
and protection measures will be also implemented for all visitors and staff.
Globe
and Mail, Saturday, September 8, 2007
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