• Preventing spread between patients by cleaning hands either with soap and water or alcohol hand gel • Using "personal protective equipment", where necessary, for example, disposable gloves and aprons to prevent contamination of clothing and skin • Ensuring that, through regular cleaning, micro-organisms do not build up in the hospital environment
• Isolating patients known to be colonised with a resistant microorganism to reduce risk of spread.
2011/12; we achieved this by having 40 cases reported.
Clostridium difficile We are measured on the number of C. difficile cases that have occurred 72 hours after admission to hospital. The Department of Health set us a target of 75 or fewer cases for
Figure 3 – Inpatient Clostridium difficile performance
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Ap r-0 8 Ju n08 Au g08 O ct -0 8 D ec -0 8 Fe b09 Ap r-0 9 Ju n09 Au g09 O ct -0 9 D ec -0 9 Fe b10 Ap r-1 0 Ju n10 Au g10 O ct -1 0 D ec -1 0 Fe b11 Ap r-1 1 Ju n11 Au g11 O ct -1 1 D ec -1 1 Fe b12
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Progress – Ahead of target Our performance against the Department of Health targets is: Table 1 HCAI performance 2007/08 to 2011/12 2007/08
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MRSA post 48 hour cases only
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