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| Hospital-acquired MRSA Bacteraemia Rate* for January - March 2012 |
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* The MRSA bacteraemia 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 MRSA bacteraemia in our facility during the reported quarter / Total number of patient days for the quarter) x 1000.
To view MRSA rates for all Ontario Hospitals, please visit the Ministry of Health website.
What is MRSA?
MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is an infection. Staphylococcus Aureus is normally found on the skin and in the nose of healthy people. This is called carriage. Some bacteria have become resistant to the antibiotics that we use to treat infections. MRSA is a type of Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to most antibiotics, including the antibiotic methicillin. A patient has a case of MRSA bacteraemia when the laboratory has confirmed the MRSA infection is in the bloodstream. Visit UHN health information for more information about MRSA.
