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Patient safety indicators
Patient safety indicators
At our Markham and Uxbridge sites, your safety is very important to us. We don’t want you to be worried about picking up an infection when staying at our hospital.
A healthcare-associated infection is when a patient is infected by a bacteria or virus during their stay at the hospital that they did not have before their stay.
To reduce this risk, we constantly practice and follow standards to prevent and control infections. To help ensure your safety, and in compliance with the public reporting process, we manage and keep track of our healthcare-associated infection rates, as well as hand washing rates. These are referred to as patient safety indicators (see below).
Monitoring patient safety indicators helps us understand where safety issues exist and what we need to do to improve.
Markham Stouffville Hospital
Hand washing by hospital care providers
Before patient contact 94.6% of opportunities where providersshould and did wash their hands |
After patient contact 94.7% of opportunities where providersshould and did wash their hands |
Surgical Safety Checklist completion
99.9% of surgeries with completed safety checklists |
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections in hospital patients YTD
Rate of 0.19 per 1,000 inpatient days |
Antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections in hospital patients
Rate of 0.000 per 1,000 inpatient days |
Uxbridge
Hand washing by hospital care providers
Before patient contact 91.6% of opportunities where providersshould and did wash their hands |
After patient contact 97.5% of opportunities where providersshould and did wash their hands |
C. difficile infections in hospital patients
Rate of 0.00 per 1,000 inpatient days |
Antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections in hospital patients
Rate of 0.000 per 1,000 inpatient days |
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If you have any questions about the hospital’s infection prevention and control program, please contact call 905-472-7373 ext. 1605.