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 …

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 …

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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 …

Quebecers will have to wait until at least February 2005 to find out whether Montréal
hospitals facing an outbreak of Clostridium difficile cases in the past 18 months have …

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 …

(See the article by Kamboj et al18 on pages 8–15.) Clostridium difficile has become known
as a pathogen responsible for a considerable number of avoidable healthcare-acquired …

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 …

Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in 2003 and 2004 in Quebec and a low rate of
antibiotic exposure in the weeks preceding the infection. 1 The authors used the provincial …

In 2005 Toronto East General Hospital experienced a steady increase in the number of C.
difficile cases diagnosed within the hospital. This was identified as a patient safety issue …