Public Reporting
HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS- PUBLIC REPORTING
LWHA takes your care and safety very seriously, and we are committed to transparency. On a monthly basis, beginning in September 2008, we began reporting our Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection rates on our website and flowed later with the Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) bacteremia rates, and Hand Hygiene Compliance.
For information about C. difficile, click here.
For information about MRSA, click here.
For information about VRE, click here.
For information about Hand Hygiene Compliance, click here.
C. difficile Rate:
The C. difficile rate is calculated as a rate per 1,000 patient days.
The “total patient days” represents the sum of the number of days which services were provided to all inpatients during a given time period.
The rate is calculated as follows:
Number of new hospital acquired cases of C. difficile in our facility x 1000
Total number of patient days (for one month)
MRSA and VRE Rates:
Hospitals are asked to report MRSA and VRE bacteremia, that is, the presence of MRSA or VRE in the bloodstream. The rate is calculated as a rate per 1,000 patient days.
The “total patient days” represents the sum of the number of days which services were provided to all inpatients during a given time period.
These rates are calculated as follows:
MRSA bacteremia infection rate:
Number of new hospital acquired cases in our facility x 1000
Total number of patient days (for one month)
VRE bacteremia infection rate:
Number of new hospital acquired cases in our facility x 1000
Total number of patient days (for one month)
Hand hygiene Compliance Rates:
The rates are reported as percentages for time periods identified by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.
# of times hand hygiene performed x 100
# of observed hand hygiene indications
C. difficile, MRSA and VRE Bacteremia and Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates.
Hospital Acquired Infection Rates:
| |
# New Cases of C. Difficile |
C. Difficile rate |
# New cases of MRSA bacteremia |
MRSA bacteremia rate |
# New cases of VRE bacteremia |
VRE bacteremia Rate |
| August 2008 |
0 |
0 |
xxxx |
xxxx |
xxxx |
xxxx |
| September 2008 |
0 |
0 |
xxxx |
xxxx |
xxxx |
xxxx |
| October 2008 |
0 |
0 |
xxxx |
xxxx |
xxxx |
xxxx |
| November 2008 |
0 |
0 |
xxxx |
xxxx |
xxxx |
xxxx |
| December 2008 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| January 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| February 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| March 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| April 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| May 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
0 |
| June 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| July 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| August 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| September 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| October 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| November 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| December 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates:
Date |
Site |
Percent compliance before initial patient/patient environment contact |
Percent compliance after patient/patient environment contact |
April 2009 |
LMH |
47% |
55% |
April 2009 |
WDH |
60% |
82% |
|
