Clostridium Difficile Infection
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The number of cases of C. difficile infection per 10,000 patient-days.
Numerator
The number of new cases of C. difficile infection associated with the reporting facility.
Denominator
The total number of days that patients are in hospital ("patient days") on the units on which surveillance is conducted.
Exclusions
Emergency, mental health units, psychiatric or withdrawal management units and ambulatory clinic or other outpatient cases. Patients who were discharged in the previous 4 weeks and return to the ED or outpatient clinic with a new onset of CDI, but are not readmitted, are NOT included.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By geographical area (Western, Eastern, Northern, Central, IWK Health Centre).
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection Surveillance Reporting Form
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Online dashboard: novascotia.ca/dhw/hsq/public-reporting/c-difficile-data.asp