|
Renfrew Victoria Hospital takes your care and your safety very seriously, and we are committed to transparency. On a quarterly basis, beginning in December 2008, we will be reporting our VRE bacteremia infection rates on our website.
If you have any questions about the information below or about our hospital’s infection prevention and control program, please contact Sheila Havey at 613-432-4851 ext 262.
VRE Rate:
The method of calculation of the VRE bacteremia (blood) infection rate for the reporting period (on a quarterly or three month basis) is:
Number of hospital acquired patients with laboratory identification of VRE bacteremia x 1000
Total number of patient days
Where the numerator is the total number of newly identified cases for VRE bacteremia associated with the reporting facility, for the reporting period.
The denominator is the total number of in-patient days for the reporting period. There are no exclusion criteria.
| Period |
Patient Days |
Noscomial
Cases |
Incidence per
1000 Days |
| April to June 2009 |
4555 |
0 |
0 |
| July to September 2009 |
4775 |
0 |
0 |
| October to December 2009 |
4739 |
0 |
0 |
| January to March 2010 |
4597 |
0 |
0 |
What is the difference between colonization, infection, and bacteremia?
Colonization:
The presence and growth of a microorganism in or on a body with growth and multiplication but without tissue invasion or cellular injury. The patient will be asymptomatic.
Infection:
The entry and multiplication of an infectious agent in the tissue of the host. Asymptomatic or subclnical infection is an infectious process running a course similar to that of clinical disease but below the threshold of clinical symptoms. Symptomatic or clinical infection is one resulting in clinical signs and symptoms (disease).
Bacteremia:
The presence of bacteria in the bloodstream.
|
