Maps: Patient safety in hospitals

The Ministry of Health released a new set of patient safety indicators today, measuring hospital performance in eight areas: clostridium difficile associated disease, Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococcis (VRE), hospital-standardized mortality ratio (HSMR), central-line primary bloodstream infection (CLI), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), surgical site infection prevention and 'hand hygiene compliance,' which refers to consistent hand washing by health care workers.

This last has been given a new urgency by the spread of a new strain of swine flu or, as the World Health Organization now calls it, 'influenza A (H1N1)'.

Megan Ogilvie's story is here.

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Today, we map two of these indicators: hand washing and C. difficile. As always, click on an icon or zoom on for information:

Hand hygiene compliance: Apr 01, 2008 - Mar 31, 2009

Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease (CDAD) Mar 01 - Mar 31, 2009

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Here is the complete data for all GTA hospitals:

Ajax And Pickering Hospital Site - ROUGE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care

Bloorview Kids Rehab

Brampton Civic Hospital Site

Bridgepoint Hospital

Casey House Hospice

Centenary Hospital Site - ROUGE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM

College Street Site - CAMH

Credit Valley Hospital (The)

Etobicoke General Hospital Site

Georgetown Hospital Site - HALTON HEALTHCARE SERVICES

Hillcrest Hospital - TORONTO REHAB INST

Hospital For Sick Children

Humber Memorial Hospital Site (Church Site)

Lakeridge Health - Bowmanville Site

Lakeridge Health - Oshawa Site

Lakeridge Health - Port Perry Site

Lakeridge Health- Whitby Site

Lyndhurst Hospital Site - TORONTO REHAB INST

Markham Stouffville Hospital

Markham Stouffville Hospital - Cottage Hospital Site

Milton District Hospital Site - HALTON HEALTHCARE SERVICES

Mount Sinai Hospital

North York General Hospital

Northwestern General Hospital Site (Psychiatric Unit Only)

Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Site - HALTON HEALTHCARE SERVICES

Princess Margaret Hospital Site

Providence Healthcare

Queen Street Site - CAMH

Runnymede Healthcare Centre

Salvation Army Grace Hospital

Scarborough General Hospital

Scarborough Salvation Army Grace Hospital

Southlake Regional Health Centre

St John's Rehabilitation Hospital

St Joseph's Health Centre - Toronto

St Michael's Hospital

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre - Orthopaedic And Arthritic Hospital Site

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre - Women's College Hospital Site

Toronto East General Hospital (The)

Toronto General Hospital Site

Toronto Western Hospital Site

Trillium Health Centre - Mississauga

Trillium Health Centre - West Toronto

University Centre Site - TORONTO REHAB INST

West Park Healthcare Centre

Whitby Mental Health Centre

York Central Hospital

York-Finch General Hospital Site