Infection Prevention and Control

Lake of the Woods District Hospital priority is to ensure quality patient care and safety through transparency. Our infection control program is in place to ensure that our patients are not at risk for contracting health care-associated infections, and we are committed to transparency by using provincial standardized patient safety data collection and public reporting.

It is important to understand that the reporting of these rates is not the solution to reducing the rates of healthcare associated infections. This gives us data and information in understanding where patient safety issues may exist and take action to improve.

 Click on the links below to view our reports on eight patient safety indicators that are measured by Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Click here to find Health Quality Ontario patient safety indicator reports

 

SSI Prevention

Surgical Site Prevention Compliance - 2023/2024

Joint Replacements, Total Hip Arthroplasty & Total Knee Arthroplasty

Q1 - April to June  Q2 - July to September  Q3 - October to December  Q4 January to March 2024
 100%  100%  100%   100%

 

Surgical Site Prevention Compliance - 2022/2023
Q1 - April to June  Q2 - July to September  Q3 - October to December  Q4 January to March 2023
 96%   100% 97.4%    100%

 

Surgical Site Prevention Compliance - 2021/2022
Q1 - April to June  Q2 - July to September  Q3 - October to December  Q4 January to March 2022
 100%   100% 100%    87.5%

 

Surgical Site Prevention Compliance - 2020/2021
Q1 - April to June  Q2 - July to September  Q3 - October to December  Q4 January to March 2021
  None Performed  100%  95%  100% 

 

CLI/VAP Rates

Central Line Infections/Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia - 2017/2018
Q1 - April to June  Q2 - July to September  Q3 - October to December  Q4 January to March 2018
0 0 0

 

Central Line Infections/Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia - 2018/2019
Q1 - April to June  Q2 - July to September  Q3 - October to December  Q4 January to March 2019
 0  0  0  0

 

Central Line Infections/Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia - 2019/2020
Q1 - April to June  Q2 - July to September  Q3 - October to December  Q4 January to March 2020
 0  0  0