Public Reporting of C. difficile Rates
Public Reporting of C. difficile Rates
C. difficile Rate:
The C. difficile infection rate is calculated as a rate per 1,000 patient days. The "total patient days" represents the sum of the number of days during which services were provided to all inpatients during the given time period.
The rate is calculated as follows:
Number of new hospital acquired cases of C. difficile in our facility x 1000
Total number of patient days (for one month)
C. difficile rates for the Oak Ridge Facility
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Apr 2010
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May 2010
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July
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Sept 2010
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Oct 2010
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Nov 2010
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Dec 2010
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Jan 2011
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Feb 2011
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Mar
2011
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Number of new cases of C. difficle
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C. difficile rates for the Regional Facility
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Number of new cases of
C. difficile
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C. difficile
rate
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0
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Outbreak Reporting to the Public
Definitions have been developed to assist hospitals and public health units in determining when there is an outbreak.