C. difficile reported at Grand River Hospital
Posted Jul 19, 2011 03:37:56 PM.
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Grand River Hospital is reporting several new cases of C. difficile, but it is by no means an outbreak.
Spokesperson Mark Karjaluoto tells 570 news they are dealing, like many hospitals across the province, with some increased cases of the bacterial illness.
They are dealing with 5 cases at the KW site, and one at the hospital’s Freeport site out of a total of 560 beds.
He says another patient with symptoms was isolated for potential infection, but tested negative.
Karjaluoto says there has been a great deal of work done to protect patients and reduce the incident of C. difficile from occurring. For instance Grand River Hospital’s lab had greatly cut down on C. diff testing times. As well, cleaning staff thoroughly sanitizes any room where a patient with the bacterial infection has been. Visitors are encouraged to wash their hands with soap and warm water or to use the hand-sanitizer.
Meantime at Guelph General Hospital, there is a declared C. difficile outbreak. Since early May, there have been 16 cases of hospital-acquired infections in Guelph. Four people with C. difficile have died there.
