The information requested isgiven in the following tables.Deaths where Clostridium Difficile1 was Mentioned onthe Death Certificate Scotland, 2002-05, by Hospital (Year) Hospital 2002 2003 2004 2005 Aberdeen Royal Infirmary 7 6 2 6 Annan Hospital 0 0 0 1 Arbroath Infirmary 0 0 2 1 Ashludie Hospital, Dundee 1 2 2 1 Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh 0 2 4 3 Ayr Hospital 0 0 1 4 Ayrshire Central Hospital 0 0 0 1 Bannockburn Hospital, Stirling 0 0 0 1 Belford Hospital, Fort William 0 1 0 0 Belhaven Hospital, Dunbar 1 0 0 0 Biggart Hospital, Prestwick 1 2 2 0 Blairgowrie Cottage Hospital 0 1 0 0 Blawarthill Hospital, Glasgow 1 0 0 0 Borders General Hospital 1 0 1 4 Cameron Hospital, Fife 1 0 0 0 Community Hospital, Cumnock 0 0 1 0 Cottage Hospital, Castle Douglas 0 0 1 2 Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock 12 9 13 7 Dalrymple Hospital, Stranraer 0 0 0 1 Doctor Gray’s Hospital, Elgin 0 2 0 1 Drumchapel Hospital, Glasgow 1 2 0 0 Dumfries/Galloway Royal Infirmary 1 2 3 16 Ellen’s Glen House, Edinburgh 2 1 0 1 Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary 3 4 5 2 Forfar Infirmary 0 1 0 0 Fraserburgh Hospital 0 0 1 0 Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow 4 2 3 4 Glasgow Royal Infirmary 3 6 12 14 Glenrothes Hospital 0 0 1 0 Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride 5 4 7 16 Holmhead Hospital, Cumnock 0 0 1 0 Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock 1 2 5 4 Inverurie Hospital 0 0 0 1 Irvine Memorial Hospital, Pitlochry 0 0 0 2 Jubilee Hospital, Huntly 0 0 1 0 Kello Hospital, Biggar 0 0 1 0 Kildean Hospital, Stirling 0 0 0 1 Kirkcudbright Hospital 0 0 0 1 Kirklandside Hospital, Kilmarnock 0 2 0 1 Lady Home Cottage Hospital, Lanark 0 0 1 0 Leanchoil Hospital, Forres 0 0 1 0 Liberton Hospital, Edinburgh 4 14 12 21 Lightburn Hospital, Glasgow 2 3 5 6 Loanhead Hospital, Midlothian 1 0 0 0 Lochmaben Hospital, Lockerbie 0 0 0 1 Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline 0 1 2 1 Monklands General Hospital, Airdrie 1 3 6 5 Montrose Royal Infirmary 0 0 1 0 New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 0 8 10 12 Newton Stewart Hospital 0 1 0 1 Ninewells Hospital, Dundee 5 5 7 9 Perth Royal Infirmary 3 1 2 5 Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline 6 10 17 18 Raigmore Hospital, Inverness 1 2 2 2 Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital, Buckhaven 0 0 1 0 Roadmeetings Hospital, Carluke 0 0 1 1 Roodlands General Hospital, Haddington 0 1 0 1 Rosslynlee Hospital, Midlothian 1 0 0 0 Roxburghe House, Aberdeen 0 0 1 0 Roxburghe House, Dundee 0 0 1 0 Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley 8 6 9 12 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 11 4 0 0 Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee 1 2 3 1 Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh 7 7 2 18 Sauchie Hospital 0 1 0 0 Southern General Hospital, Glasgow 2 7 5 7 St John’s Hospital, Livingston 1 3 1 6 Stirling Royal Infirmary 4 5 3 10 Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow 12 7 8 8 Stonehouse Hospital 1 0 0 0 Stracathro Hospital, Brechin 2 0 0 0 Strathclyde Hospital 0 1 0 0 Udston Hospital, Hamilton 0 1 1 1 Vale of Leven Hospital, Alexandria 3 0 2 1 Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy 3 5 3 3 Victoria Infirmary, Helensburgh 0 1 0 0 Victoria Infirmary, Langside Road, Glasgow 6 1 9 8 Victoria Infirmary, Mansionhouse Road Glasgow 1 1 6 5 War Memorial Hospital, Isle of Arran 0 1 0 0 Wester Moffat Hospital, Airdrie 0 2 1 0 Western General Hospital, Edinburgh 3 10 14 13 Western Infirmary (Beatson Oncology Centre), Glasgow 0 1 1 1 Western Infirmary, Glasgow 2 5 4 8 Whyteman’s Brae Hospital, Kirkcaldy 0 1 0 0 Wishaw General Hospital 15 5 5 5 Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen 2 2 6 5 Hospital total 153 179 222 291 Non-hospital 11 9 17 22 Total 164 188 239 313 Proportion of all deaths 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.6% Note: Includes cases where the infection was recorded as acontributory factor as well as cases where the infection was selected as theunderlying cause of death.Deaths where MRSA1 was Mentioned on the DeathCertificate Scotland, 2002-05, by Hospital (Year) Hospital 2002 2003 2004 2005 Aberdeen Royal Infirmary 7 3 6 6 Arbroath Infirmary 0 0 1 0 Ashludie Hospital, Dundee 0 1 0 0 Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh 1 0 2 2 Ayr Hospital 4 2 3 3 Ayrshire Central Hospital 1 0 0 0 Biggart Hospital, Prestwick 0 1 0 0 Borders General Hospital 3 4 0 0 Brechin Infirmary 0 1 1 0 Caithness General Hospital 0 4 2 1 Community Hospital, Cumnock 0 1 0 0 Cottage Hospital 0 0 0 1 Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock 4 3 2 2 Doctor Gray’s Hospital, Elgin 1 2 1 0 Drumchapel Hospital, Glasgow 0 0 0 1 Dumfries/Galloway Royal Infirmary 2 4 6 10 Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary 4 4 3 0 Fraserburgh Hospital 0 0 0 0 Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow 5 4 5 4 Gilbert Bain Hospital, Shetland 0 0 0 1 Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital 0 0 0 1 Glasgow Royal Infirmary 12 12 14 18 Glen O’Dee Hospital, Banchory 0 0 0 0 Glenrothes Hospital 0 0 1 0 Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride 0 2 7 11 Inverclyde Royal Hospital 3 1 3 1 Inverurie Hospital 1 0 1 0 Irvine Memorial Hospital, Pitlochry 0 1 0 0 Kelso Hospital 0 0 0 1 Kincardine Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 King’s Cross Hospital, Dundee 0 0 0 0 Kirkcudbright Hospital 0 0 0 0 Kirklandside Hospital, Kilmarnock 0 0 0 0 Lady Margaret Hospital, Millport 0 0 0 1 Liberton Hospital, Edinburgh 1 3 6 3 Lightburn Hospital, Glasgow 0 0 1 4 Little Cairnie Hospital, Arbroath 0 0 1 0 Lorn & Islands District Hospital, Oban 0 1 0 0 Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline 0 1 0 0 Mid Argyll Hospital, Lochgilphead 0 0 0 1 Monklands General Hospital, Airdrie 8 6 5 5 Montfield Hospital, Shetland 1 0 0 0 Montrose Royal Infirmary 0 0 0 2 Murray Royal Hospital, Perth 0 0 1 0 New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 0 10 11 16 Ninewells Hospital, Dundee 11 7 14 8 Perth Royal Infirmary 1 2 3 5 Peterhead Community Hospital 2 1 2 0 Portree Hospital 1 0 0 0 Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline 3 16 10 7 Raigmore Hospital, Inverness 4 2 2 8 Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital, Buckhaven 0 0 0 1 Ravenscraig Hospital, Greenock 0 0 0 0 Roodlands General Hospital, Haddington 1 0 1 1 Roxburghe House, Aberdeen 1 0 0 0 Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley 4 1 5 4 Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen 0 1 0 0 Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow 0 1 0 0 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 22 5 0 0 Royal Northern Infirmary, Inverness 0 0 0 1 Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh 2 1 1 3 Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee 0 0 2 0 Sauchie Hospital 0 0 0 1 Seafield Hospital, Buckie 0 0 0 0 Southern General Hospital, Glasgow 2 6 5 3 St Brendan’s Hospital 0 0 1 0 St John’s Hospital, Livingston 3 0 5 2 Stirling Royal Infirmary 2 0 2 3 Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow 3 2 5 10 Stracathro Hospital, Brechin 0 0 1 0 Stratheden Hospital, Cupar 0 0 0 0 The Orchards, Glasgow 0 0 0 1 The Princess Royal Maternity Unit, Glasgow 0 0 0 0 Thomas Hope Hospital, Langholm 0 0 0 0 Vale of Leven Hospital, Alexandria 0 3 0 1 Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy 2 3 6 6 Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow 2 7 5 3 Victoria Infirmary (Geriatric Unit), Glasgow 1 1 0 0 Wester Moffat Hospital, Airdrie 0 1 0 0 Western General Hospital, Edinburgh 12 13 5 7 Western Infirmary, Glasgow 1 5 6 8 Western Infirmary (Beatson Oncology Centre), Glasgow 0 0 0 2 Western Isles Hospital 0 1 1 2 Whyteman’s Brae Hospital, Kirkcaldy 1 1 0 0 Wishaw General Hospital 3 3 5 4 Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen 0 1 2 1 Hospital total 142 155 172 187 Non-hospital 13 14 18 25 Total 155 169 190 212 % of all deaths 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% Note: 1.