C. difficile to be monitored in 25 Canadian teaching hospitals ...
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MONTREAL (CP) - Faced with a deadly C. difficile epidemic in Quebec, the Public Health Agency of Canada said Thursday it will begin tracking the bacterium in 25 major teaching hospitals across Canada.
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One in 20 patients in Northern Ireland catches an infection while in hospital, according to a new survey.
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A website aims to allow patients to see how private and voluntary hospitals and health providers are performing.
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A strain of the C. difficile bacterium with properties linked to increased virulence has become predominant in several US hospitals, prompting researchers to suggest that this strain may be responsible for the sharp increase in cases and severity of
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QUEBEC CITY - The provincial government is expected to announce its latest plan to fight C. difficile infections in hospitals Tuesday.
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When folks in the health-care field start crapping all over a major data collection institute such as the Canadian Institute for Health Information, you know that they&#39;re a little on the defensive.
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There are reports a bacteria plaguing Quebec hospitals is more widespread and deadly than previously believed. After studying the spread of Clostridium difficile bacteria at eight hospitals in Montreal, a
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The study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information examined health data from across the country collected by Statistics Canada.
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MONTREAL (CP) - The number of C. difficile cases in Quebec hospitals is in decline, provincial public health officials said Friday.
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A hand-held probe could cut the number of patients who develop infections following operations.
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QUEBEC CITY - Quebec may have been hit with more cases of C. difficile infection than elsewhere in Canada because the province&#39;s doctors prescribe more antibiotics, Quebec&#39;s health minister said Tuesday.
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QUEBEC (CP) - Quebec&#39;s health minister called the C. difficile bacteria outbreak a &quot;scourge&quot; on Wednesday, saying a six-fold increase in reported deaths linked to the bacteria is a &quot;serious problem.
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A Calgary doctor aiming to find a way to eliminate the superbug C. difficile now has a new &quot;stadium-size microscope&quot; to use as a research weapon.
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Hospital visitors are being urged to improve their hygiene in an effort to crack down on infections.
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One in eight hospital patients can expect to be adversely affected by their hospital treatment, Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) members were told yesterday.
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&#39;Total abdication of responsibility&#39;; Mortality rate from C. difficile five times higher than previously believed. Quebec&#39;s Health Department has acted negligently in its handling of the deadly C. difficile
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TORONTO (CP) - Doctors should encourage all their patients - sick and healthy - to get an annual flu shot, the Canadian task force on preventive health care suggests in a statement published Tuesday.