MRSA, VRE, and C difficile are three bacteria commonly found in Canadian hospitals. They can cause symptoms ranging from asymptomatic colonization to septic shock and death.   

Each year about 8,000 Canadians die from hospital-acquired infections; 220,000 others get infected. Treatment is more costly than prevention; estimated costs for 2004 were $82 million. Costs are estimated at $129 million for 2010. That’s $12,216 per infected MRSA patient per year due to:

• Prolonged hospitalization
• Special control measures
• Expensive treatments
• Extensive surveillance

Let’s make things happen.

Successfully reduce superbug transmission with these five steps of evidence-based infection control strategies:

• Establish an aggressive hand hygiene program.
• Clean and decontaminate the environment and equipment.
• Implement contact precautions for any patient infected or colonized with a superbug.
• Perform MRSA and VRE screening surveillance on admission and at other times.
• Regularly report superbug infection rates to frontline and hospital leaders.

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