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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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Campaign to tackle super bugs infections launched by an Ontario Union |
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Written by Christine Besson
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Thursday, 16 June 2005 |
 CUPE, the Canadian Union of Public Employees in Ontario launches a campaign to tackle the spread of hospital-acquired infections in Ontario.
CUPE stresses the fact that hopital-acquired infections are the 4th biggest killer in Canada with 8000 to 12 000 deaths per year.
Over 30% of these infections are preventable.
CUPE calls on the Province to:
- legislate mandatory reporting of hospital-acquired infections at all hospitals in Ontario.
- initiate an immediate review of infections control and cleaning protocols at all hospitals.
- Adequately fund hospitals so they can hire more cleaners.
Meticulous cleaning in the key to reduce infections.
CUPE will tour the province with a mobile hospital room display to raise awareness in communities about the threat of hospital-acquired infections.
A hotline - 1 888 599 0770 - is already active to inform patients and the public at large.
Congratulation for this courageous and realistic campaign!
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