Ontario: C. Diff at two Hamilton hospitals

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/stor...difficile.html

One new case of C. difficile at Hamilton General
By Samantha Craggs, CBC News
Posted: Aug 1, 2012 4:56 PM ET
Last Updated: Aug 1, 2012 5:06 PM ET


Hamilton has 15 cases of C. difficile between the two hospitals that have declared an outbreak of the infection.

Hamilton General has four cases as of Wednesday afternoon. The Charlton campus of St. Joseph's Healthcare has 11 patients in isolation with C. difficile.

The number at St. Joe's hasn't changed since Monday.

At Hamilton General, there were five patients with C. difficile on Tuesday.

One new case was discovered Wednesday and two patients who fought the illness were discharged, said spokesperson Lillian Badzioch...

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Re: Ontario: C. Diff at two Hamilton hospitals

Source: http://www.thespec.com/news/local/ar...-patient-death


C. diff contributed to patient death
Joanna Frketich
1 hour 14 minutes ago

The C. difficile outbreak at St. Joseph?s Hospital contributed to the death of a patient over the age of 85, an internal review has concluded.

St. Joseph?s is deep-cleaning the entire hospital in an attempt to stop the spread of C. diff, which is already scattered throughout the building...

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Re: Ontario: C. Diff at two Hamilton hospitals

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/stor...difficile.html


C. difficile outbreak remains at 2 Hamilton hospitals
By Samantha Craggs, CBC News
Posted: Aug 7, 2012 5:52 PM ET
Last Updated: Aug 7, 2012 5:51 PM ET

Two Hamilton hospitals continue to be classified with C. difficile outbreak status, although the situation at one appears to be calming.

St. Joseph's Healthcare's Charlton campus and Hamilton General Hospital's surgical trauma unit, 6 South, both declared C. difficile outbreaks in late July.

St. Joseph's Charlton campus reported Tuesday afternoon that it has 19 patients with C. difficile, 10 of the cases acquired in the hospital while Hamilton General has four, none of them in 6 South.

Although there are now no cases in 6 South, Hamilton General has not lifted its outbreak status...

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Re: Ontario: C. Diff at two Hamilton hospitals

Source: http://www.thespec.com/news/local/ar...eph-s-hospital


Tue Aug 14 2012 20:44:00
One new C. diff case at St. Joseph?s Hospital

St. Joseph?s Hospital is reporting one new non-hospital case of C. difficile at its Charlton Avenue East site.

A total of 18 patients have been infected with the potentially deadly bacteria that causes mild to severe diarrhea. Eight contracted the infection at the hospital and 10 contracted it elsewhere...

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Re: Ontario: C. Diff at two Hamilton hospitals

Source: http://www.thespec.com/news/local/ar...tal-rise-to-20

Wed Aug 15 2012 21:50:00
C. diff cases at Hamilton?s St. Joseph?s Hospital rise to 20

St. Joseph?s Hospital says it has one new case of hospital-related C. difficile at its Charlton Avenue East site.

A total of 20 patients have been infected with the potentially deadly bacteria that causes mild to severe diarrhea.

The hospital said Wednesday it has 10 patients who contracted the infection at the hospital and 10 who contracted it elsewhere...

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Re: Ontario: C. Diff at two Hamilton hospitals

Source: http://www.thespec.com/news/local/ar...of-c-difficile



Wed Aug 22 2012 18:53:00
St. Joe?s reports new case of C. difficile

Another new case of C. difficile has been reported at the Charlton Avenue East site of St. Joseph?s Hospital.

The hospital said Wednesday that this latest case is not hospital-related, meaning the patient contracted the infection elsewhere.

A total of 18 patients at the site have been infected with the potentially deadly bacteria that causes mild to severe diarrhea. But only 10 of those are hospital-related cases.

The outbreak began at the end of July. An internal review concluded C. difficile contributed to the death of one patient, who was over the age of 85....

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Re: Ontario: C. Diff at two Hamilton hospitals

Source: http://www.thespec.com/news/local/ar...-diff-outbreak



Molly Hayes
Thu Aug 23 2012 19:30:00
St. Joseph?s declares end to C. diff outbreak

After a hospital-wide decontamination, St. Joseph?s Healthcare Hamilton has declared its C. difficile outbreak officially over.

During the outbreak, 16 patients were infected in hospital with the potentially deadly bacteria that causes mild to severe diarrhea. Another 17 had C. diff before arriving at the hospital...

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Re: Ontario: C. Diff at two Hamilton hospitals

Source: http://www.thespec.com/news/local/ar...-outbreak-over



Hilary Caton
Fri Aug 24 2012 18:53:00
Hamilton Health Sciences declares C. diff outbreak over

Hamilton Health Sciences Friday said the three-week-old C. difficile outbreak at Hamilton General Hospital has ended, a day after St. Joseph Healthcare Hamilton declared its outbreak to be over.

There have been no new cases at the Surgical/Trauma Unit of Hamilton General. The outbreak started at the end of July and involved a total of 20 patients infected and one death linked to the disease...