Antibiotic Resistant Organisms and C. difficile Infection Rates
Since 2006, the WRHA has calculated hospital-related case rates of C. difficile and antibiotic resistant organisms. Methods to capture cases were designed by Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living based on Canadian standards (CNISP). CNISP is the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. They produce annual Canadian reports with average hospital-related rates. The WRHA uses these to see how we compare to the Canadian average.
C. difficile is an infection that can occur in the bowel. It causes significant diarrhea and can occur after antibiotics have been taken. Antibiotic resistant organisms include, but are not limited to Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). These germs can cause infections in the community and in hospitals. If a person has one of these germs, it can affect his/her health and healing outcomes. Treatment of these infections can be hard because regularly used antibiotics may not work. All of these infections can spread from person to person.
CNISP methods have changed over time. Until March 2018, hospital-related MRSA infections and colonizations were combined and reported together. Someone who is colonized with a germ (e.g., MRSA) tests positive for it, but does not have any symptoms of disease (they carry the germ but it is not causing harm to them). A person who is infected with a germ tests positive for it AND has symptoms of disease.
Since April 2018, only hospital-related MRSA infections are reported. Combining colonized with infected cases resulted in information that did not explain the significance/impact on patients. When combined, the noteworthy impact of MRSA infections on patients, their care, their length of hospital stays, as well as impact to the health-care system, is masked.
Monthly Rates
2023
January 2023 (PDF, 40 KB)
February 2023 (PDF, 40 KB)
March 2023 (PDF, 41 KB)
April 2023 (PDF, 35 KB)
May 2023 (PDF, 36 KB)
June 2023 (PDF, 36 KB)
July 2023 (PDF, 37 KB)
August 2023 (PDF, 37 KB)
September 2023 (PDF, 38 KB)
October 2023 (PDF, 38 KB)
November 2023 (PDF, 43 KB)
2022
January 2022 (PDF, 39 KB)
February 2022 (PDF, 40 KB)
March 2022 (PDF, 40 KB)
April 2022 (PDF, 35 KB)
May 2022 (PDF, 39 KB)
June 2022 (PDF, 40 KB)
July 2022 (PDF, 37 KB)
August 2022 (PDF, 37 KB)
September 2022 (PDF, 38 KB)
October 2022 (PDF, 38 KB)
November 2022 (PDF, 39 KB)
December 2022 (PDF, 39 KB)
2021
January 2021 (PDF, 38 KB)
February 2021 (PDF, 39 KB)
March 2021 (PDF, 40 KB)
April 2021 (PDF, 34 KB)
May 2021 (PDF, 35 KB)
June 2021 (PDF, 35 KB)
July 2021 (PDF, 39 KB)
August 2021 (PDF, 36 KB)
September 2021 (PDF, 41 KB)
October 2021 (PDF, 37 KB)
November 2021 (PDF, 38 KB)
December 2021 (PDF, 39 KB)
2020
January 2020 (PDF, 37 KB)
February 2020 (PDF, 37 KB)
March 2020 (PDF, 39 KB)
April 2020 (PDF, 32 KB)
May 2020 (PDF, 32 KB)
June 2020 (PDF, 34 KB)
July 2020 (PDF, 35 KB)
August 2020 (PDF, 35 KB)
September 2020 (PDF, 39 KB)
October 2020 (PDF, 36 KB)
November 2020 (PDF, 37 KB)
December 2020 (PDF, 37 KB)
2019
January 2019 (PDF, 36 KB)
February 2019 (PDF, 37 KB)
March 2019 (PDF, 37 KB)
April 2019 (PDF, 31 KB)
May 2019 (PDF, 32 KB)
June 2019 (PDF, 33 KB)
July 2019 (PDF, 34 KB)
August 2019 (PDF, 34 KB)
September 2019 (PDF, 35 KB)
October 2019 (PDF, 35 KB)
November 2019 (PDF, 36 KB)
December 2019 (PDF, 36 KB)
2018
January 2018 (PDF, 35 KB)
February 2018 (PDF, 36 KB)
March 2018 (PDF, 37 KB)
April 2018 (PDF, 30 KB)
May 2018 (PDF, 30 KB)
June 2018 (PDF, 31 KB)
July 2018 (PDF, 32 KB)
August 2018 (PDF, 32 KB)
September 2018 (PDF, 34 KB)
October 2018 (PDF, 34 KB)
November 2018 (PDF, 35 KB)
December 2018 (PDF, 35 KB)
2017
January 2017 (PDF, 49 KB)
February 2017 (PDF, 50 KB)
March 2017 (PDF, 51 KB)
April 2017 (PDF, 36 KB)
May 2017 (PDF, 36 KB)
June 2017 (PDF, 37 KB)
July 2017 (PDF, 89 KB)
August 2017 (PDF, 32 KB)
September 2017 (PDF, 33 KB)
October 2017 (PDF, 34 KB)
November 2017 (PDF, 34 KB)
December 2017 (PDF, 35 KB)
2016
January 2016 (PDF, 128 KB)
February 2016 (PDF, 49 KB)
March 2016 (PDF, 50 KB)
April 2016 (PDF, 41 KB)
May 2016 (PDF, 42 KB)
June 2016 (PDF, 43 KB)
July 2016 (PDF, 44 KB)
August 2016 (PDF, 45 KB)
September 2016 (PDF, 45 KB)
October 2016 (PDF, 47 KB)
November 2016 (PDF, 48 KB)
December 2016 (PDF, 49 KB)
2015
January 2015 (PDF, 128 KB)
February 2015 (PDF, 129 KB)
March 2015 (PDF, 131 KB)
April 2015 (PDF, 118 KB)
May 2015 (PDF, 119 KB)
June 2015 (PDF, 120 KB)
July 2017 (PDF, 121 KB)
August 2015 (PDF, 107 KB)
September 2015 (PDF, 123 KB)
October 2015 (PDF, 124 KB)
November 2015 (PDF, 125 KB)
December 2015 (PDF, 127 KB)
2014
January 2014 (PDF, 116 KB)
February 2014 (PDF, 117 KB)
March 2014 (PDF, 119 KB)
April 2014 (PDF, 106 KB)
May 2014 (PDF, 107 KB)
June 2014 (PDF, 131 KB)
July 2014 (PDF, 132 KB)
August 2014 (PDF, 133 KB)
September 2014 (PDF, 135 KB)
October 2014 (PDF, 137 KB)
November 2014 (PDF, 138 KB)
December 2014 (PDF, 127 KB)
2013
January 2013 (PDF, 112 KB)
February 2013 (PDF, 113 KB)
March 2013 (PDF, 136 KB)
April 2013 (PDF, 103 KB)
May 2013 (PDF, 104 KB)
June 2013 (PDF, 106 KB)
July 2013 (PDF, 107 KB)
August 2013 (PDF, 110 KB)
September 2013 (PDF, 110 KB)
October 2013 (PDF, 112 KB)
November 2013 (PDF, 113 KB)
December 2013 (PDF, 115 KB)
2012
January 2012 (PDF, 90 KB)
February 2012 (PDF, 91 KB)
March 2012 (PDF, 113 KB)
April 2012 (PDF, 106KB)
May 2012 (PDF, 88 KB)
June 2012 (PDF, 89KB)
July 2012 (PDF, 89 KB)
August 2012 (PDF, 110 KB)
September 2012 (PDF, 111 KB)
October 2012 (PDF, 91 KB)
November 2012 (PDF, 91 KB)
December 2012 (PDF, 111 KB)
