At the end of each quarter, beginning December 30th, 2007 SFMH along with all Ontario hospitals will be required to publicly report on their own websites:
MRSA Bacteremia Calculation:
The MRSA bacteremia 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 on a quarterly basis:
Number of new hospital acquired cases of MRSA bacteremia in SFMH X 1000
Total number of patient days for that reporting period
For smaller facilities such as SFMH:
MRSA bacteremia rates may vary from month to month: the smaller the facility, the greater the rates will vary – this is because a change of even one case in a small facility will cause the rate to go up or down considerably.
In order to ensure that people with disabilities have appropriate access to health care services at St. Francis Memorial Hospital, and in order to comply with the Ontarians with Disabilities Act, the St. Francis Memorial Hospital has been very active in recent years identifying barriers, removing barriers and preventing the creation of new barriers.
Documents and policies under the AODA Customer Service Standard will be provided to a person with a disability in a mutually agreed upon format that takes into account the person’s disability. This information will be provided as soon as possible.
If any emergency procedures, plans or public safety information are made available to the public, they will be provided to a person with a disability in a mutually agreed upon format that takes into account the person’s disability, as required by the AODA Integrated Accessibility Standards. This information will be provided as soon as practicable.
For copies or alternative format contact Joanne Pecarskie, 613-756-3044 # 234 or Fax 613-756-0106
