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Ottawa Hospital C. difficile outbreak blamed on clutter, poor cleaning
Staff cite overcrowding, lack of training
By DEREK SPALDING, OTTAWA CITIZEN March 25, 2013 9:04 PM
OTTAWA ? The Ottawa Hospital has a host of obstacles to overcome if staff want to reduce the continuing spread of a potentially deadly disease that has reached historically high infection rates, according to a report released Monday.
Both the Civic and General campuses have struggled with high rates of Clostridium difficile in the past two years and an inspection by Public Health Ontario in September identified a host of issues at both facilities.
Problems that encouraged the disease?s spread included cluttered rooms, cluttered nursing carts, improper handwashing stations in some of the units, and a lack of training among cleaning crews. And though new infection control measures have been implemented since the visit six months ago, the General and Civic campuses are still seeing infection rates as high as they were during outbreaks last spring...
Ottawa Hospital C. difficile outbreak blamed on clutter, poor cleaning
Staff cite overcrowding, lack of training
By DEREK SPALDING, OTTAWA CITIZEN March 25, 2013 9:04 PM
OTTAWA ? The Ottawa Hospital has a host of obstacles to overcome if staff want to reduce the continuing spread of a potentially deadly disease that has reached historically high infection rates, according to a report released Monday.
Both the Civic and General campuses have struggled with high rates of Clostridium difficile in the past two years and an inspection by Public Health Ontario in September identified a host of issues at both facilities.
Problems that encouraged the disease?s spread included cluttered rooms, cluttered nursing carts, improper handwashing stations in some of the units, and a lack of training among cleaning crews. And though new infection control measures have been implemented since the visit six months ago, the General and Civic campuses are still seeing infection rates as high as they were during outbreaks last spring...