Question reference: S6W-02044
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 3 August 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00894 by Humza Yousaf on 29 July 2021, what incidences of hospital acquired infections at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital have ministers been notified of since 1 March 2020, broken down by (a) infection and (b) date of notification.
Answer
The Scottish Government is not able to provide the information requested due to this level of data not being publically available. In particular, individual patients may be identifiable should such hospital level information be published.
Quarterly reports on Clostridioides difficile infection, Escherichia coli bacteraemia and Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia are published, with the data broken down by Health Board, and are available her
Additionally, validated data on Covid-19 hospital acquired infection is published weekly, with information broken down by NHS Health Board to protect patient identity. This information can be accessed here.