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At Bluewater Health, patient safety and quality of care are the highest priority.
Bluewater Health regularly publishes performance information using indicators to measure and report on how well we’re doing.
One way that we do this is by keeping track of infection rates.
Hospital-acquired infections are infections that patients can get when they stay in a hospital, but did not come into the hospital with them. These hospital-acquired infections are called nosocomial infections. It is important to monitor for these types of infections because we do not want them to spread between patients or from patient to visitor. Older patients, those with weak immune systems and patients who have been in hospital for a long time are vulnerable to these infections.
One of the most common hospital-acquired infections is a Surgical Site Infection (SSI). Click here to learn more.
Bluewater Health supports the public reporting of SSI. The data provides a snapshot of infection rates in hospital over a certain period of time and is a helpful measure that allows us to evaluate our hospital’s processes, identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to reduce the incidence of infection in our hospital.
For more information on this reporting requirement, visit the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s website at www.ontario.ca/patientsafety.
Chart Interpretation
The rates are based on the percentage of primary total hip/knee joint replacement surgical patients that received prophylactic antibiotics within the appropriate time prior to surgery to help prevent a SSI.
Rates may vary from quarter to quarter: the smaller the facility, the greater the rates will vary. This is because a change in even one case in a small facility will cause the rate to go up or down considerably.
Mitton Site and Norman Site only are reported. Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital of Bluewater Health is not reported as the facility does not perform hip/knee replacement surgery. *please note this is not how we currently identify our hospital locations
This information is updated quarterly based on Bluewater Health’s Infection Control Department surveillance data. |
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