NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – An outbreak of C. difficile at the Niagara Health System has been declared over.
The outbreak was declared at the Niagara Falls hospital Dec. 7 and three patients with hospital-associated C. difficile have died since then.
But officials say the intestinal illness didn’t directly cause any of the deaths, although it was a factor in one case.
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Interim president and CEO Dr. Sue Matthews says NHS will remain focused on infection prevention, and has launched a three-month pilot project using UV light to combat super bugs.
Three C. difficile outbreaks last spring and summer sickened 102 people, caused the deaths of seven patients and contributed to deaths of another 11.
Matthews says the hospital has learned a lot about battling super bugs and is sharing those lessons with Bluewater Health in Sarnia, which is waging a C. difficile fight of its own. (CKTB)
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