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Source: http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/...-difficile-infection-outbreak:-N.S.-auditor/1
Poor practices may have led to C. difficile infection outbreak: N.S. auditor
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Published on May 30, 2012
HALIFAX ? Nova Scotia?s auditor general says poor infection control practices may have led to an outbreak of an infectious illness at the Cape Breton district health authority last year.
In a report released today, Jacques Lapointe says staff at the hospitals cleaned bedpans in patient washrooms rather than in separate utility rooms, and failed to regularly wash their hands during the outbreak of C. difficile...
Source: http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/...-difficile-infection-outbreak:-N.S.-auditor/1
Poor practices may have led to C. difficile infection outbreak: N.S. auditor
Developing story
Published on May 30, 2012
HALIFAX ? Nova Scotia?s auditor general says poor infection control practices may have led to an outbreak of an infectious illness at the Cape Breton district health authority last year.
In a report released today, Jacques Lapointe says staff at the hospitals cleaned bedpans in patient washrooms rather than in separate utility rooms, and failed to regularly wash their hands during the outbreak of C. difficile...