C. Diff Out of Control at St. Catherine's General Hospital

ST. CATHERINES, ON — The hospital has stepped up their infection control measures but Clostridium difficile (C. diff) continues to spread according to The Standard. All elective surgeries have been cancled buy the The Niagara Health System and further restrict visitors while the hospital attempts to get the outbreak under control. According to the article, visiting hours have been shortened and the number of visitors a patient can have in a room has been reduced to two at a time. "While the number of known cases of hospital-acquired C. difficle has grown to 22, with 16 of the patients in isolation for treatment, most are not actually new cases," said Dr. Jessica Hopkins of the Niagara Public Health Department. Click here to read the complete article.

Melvin Wylie