Question reference: S5W-25595
- Asked by: Adam Tomkins, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 1 October 2019
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 October 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) healthcare- and (b) community-associated cases of Clostridioides difficile have been reported at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital since January 2019.
Answer
Between 1 January 2019 and 30 June 2019, Health Protection Scotland (HPS) reported 43 cases of healthcare associated Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) (aged 15 years and above) at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.
Community associated CDI cases are attributed to the health board of residence, as they are defined as cases with no healthcare contact within the 12 weeks preceding diagnosis. Therefore, HPS do not report community associated CDI cases at hospital level.
In the latest quarterly epidemiological data published for Quarter 2 (April - June 2019), HPS report that no NHS Scotland Board had incidence rates for healthcare or community associated CDI that were above normal variation when analysing trends over the past three years.