Infection control in 2009

Our infection rates have improved significantly over the last year.

As the graph below shows, we have not had any MRSA cases within the hospital for four consecutive months.

Graph showing MRSA cases January-October 2009 and link to table showing this data

We had a difficult start to the year but have worked hard across the Trust to bring down the number of Clostridium difficile cases we have had. Since April 2009 we have been below the target number of cases.

Graph showing C difficle cases January-September 2009 and link to table showing this data

Data tables

Table showing number of MRSA cases from January to October 2009
Month Target number of cases Actual number of cases
January 2009 2 1
February 2009 2 1
March 2009 2 1
April 2009 2 1
May 2009 2 0
June 2009 2 1
July 2009 2 0
August 2009 2 0
September 2009 2 0
October 2009 2 Not yet reported
Table showing number of C. difficile cases from January to September 2009
Month Target number of cases Actual number of cases
January 2009 33 22
February 2009 32 25
March 2009 32 38
April 2009 27 23
May 2009 27 18
June 2009 27 11
July 2009 26 11
August 2009 26 10
September 2009 26 12
Posted on Friday 30 October 2009