Laura Eggertson1 reports that “there were 7004 cases of [Clostridium] difficile across
Quebec from Apr. 1, 2003, to Mar. 31, 2004, and 1270 people died.” Additional data in her …

Quebec's Ministry of Health and Social Services could eventually use the province's
administrative discharge database, known as Med-Echo, to replicate the study, Pépin …

The Quebec government has struck an expert committee to assess the extent of a
Clostridium difficile outbreak affecting hospitals in the province and to recommend infection …

News more than two patients, so we got rid of the fancy $6000 automatic blood pressure
cuffs and instead fixed in place a manual cuff and thermometer at the head of every bed. We …

See related research article by Forster and colleagues on page 37 and at www. cmaj.
ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj. 110543 alone. 8 In addition, hydrogen peroxide as a dry mist or …

C. difficile hits Sherbrooke, Que., hospital: 100 deaths Page 1 NEWS 436 JAMC • 31 AOÛT 2004;
171 (5) Doctors at a Sherbrooke, Que., hospital have lost 100 patients in the last 18 months to …

England's Health Secretary launched a national inquiry June 14 into an outbreak of
Clostridium difficile that has killed at least 25 patients and infected 565 more at 2 hospitals …

Clostridium difficile, also known as C. difficile, is currently classified as one of the largest
threats to patient safety and quality outcomes in health care today by the Centers for …

The anaerobic bacterium Clostridium difficile, which has recently been reclassified as
Clostridioides difficile, is the aetiological agent of pseudomembranous colitis and a leading …

CDC officials say hospitals and other health care settings need greater adherence to
infection controlpracticesandimprovedcommunication to notify each other whenever they …