- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is undertaking research into the mechanism of transmission of Clostridium difficile.
Answer
Research already undertaken has shown that direct (patient to patient) and indirect (via contaminated environment or third party) contact represents the main routes of transmission of Clostridium difficile.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-20033 by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 January 2009, whether it will collect and publish the information on which hospitals have reported the 078 strain of Clostridium difficile since 2007.
Answer
Discussions are on-going with Health Protection Scotland (HPS) about the future publishing of the detail for all strains of Clostridium difficile identified from samples sent to the National Reference Laboratory for typing.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of homelessness was for the last quarter for which information is available and how this compares with the (a) previous quarter and (b) same quarter in 2008.
Answer
The last quarter for which published data is available is January to March 2008. There were 10,798 applications assessed as homelessness in Scotland during this quarter, compared to 9,580 in the previous quarter and 11,153 in the same quarter in 2007.
Data for the following two quarters (April to September 2008) is scheduled to be published on 17 March 2009.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level is of community-acquired healthcare associated infections (HAI), in particular Clostridium difficile, and what the level was in each quarter since May 2007.
Answer
Surveillance systems assume that all patients testing positive for Clostridium difficile Associated Disease (CDAD) have been in contact with the healthcare system. Current systems do not distinguish between samples taken in acute hospitals, non-acute hospitals, and community settings.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have registered as homeless in (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire in the last quarter for which information is available.
Answer
The last quarter for which published data is available is January “ March 2008. There were 267 homelessness applications in Argyll and Bute during this quarter and 203 cases assessed as homeless. In West Dunbartonshire, 587 applications were made and 243 cases assessed as homeless during this quarter.
Data for the following two quarters (April to September 2008) is scheduled to be published on 17 March 2009.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many urinary tract infections have occurred in hospital patients in each year since 2007.
Answer
This information is not collected centrally. The Healthcare Associated Infection Task Force has identified targeted incidence surveillance of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) as a priority area.
A protocol for CAUTI has been developed by Health Protection Scotland (HPS) for care of the elderly and for the long term care setting. This is being piloted in five boards during February to April 2009, and the findings will be used to inform the future approach taken for the surveillance of CAUTI.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-20032 by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 January 2009, whether it will list those laboratories that test for hospital-acquired infections and specifically Clostridium difficile.
Answer
All of the laboratories listed in the answer to S3W-20032 test for both Clostridium difficile and Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteraemias.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what records are kept of the transmission of Clostridium difficile in patients being transferred between hospitals.
Answer
This information is not routinely collected and but would be considered in the context of an investigation into an incident/outbreak of Clostridium difficile.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is concerned about the number of patients with catheters who contract urinary tract infections and what action it is taking to address this.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21375 on 6 March 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were tested negative for Clostridium difficile but subsequently died of the infection at (a) the Vale of Leven Hospital and (b) other hospitals in each year since 2007.
Answer
This information is not collected.
