C. difficile Rates archive

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Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) are bacteria that can be carried in the bowel without making people sick, but can also cause disease, sometimes serious disease. Common symptoms of C. difficile include diarrhea (loose stools), fever, and
abdominal pain and cramps. Almost all C. difficile disease occurs in people who have recently taken antibiotics, are over 65 years of age and have a chronic underlying medical condition.

Mount Sinai Hospital has been conducting surveillance for C.difficile since 1997 and publishing the results on our hospital scorecard since FY 2004/05. Below are our archived rates beginning with our 2007/2008 fiscal year.

C. difficile Cases and Rates per 1,000 days

Fiscal 2014/2015

Month	FY 15/16 Mar.	FY 15/16 Feb.	FY 15/16 Jan.	FY 14/15 Dec.	FY 14/15 Nov.	FY 14/15 Oct.	FY 14/15 Sep.	FY 14/15 Aug.	FY 14/15 Jul.	FY 14/15 Jun.	FY 14/15 May	FY 14/15 Apr.
Case count	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5
Rate per 1000 days	0.23	0.26	0.33	0.23	0.11	0.21	0	0.46	0.11	0.35	0.31	0.45

Fiscal 2013/2014

Month	FY 13/14 Apr.	FY 13/14 May.	FY 13/14 Jun.	FY 13/14 Jul.	FY 13/14 Aug.	FY 13/14 Sep.	FY 13/14 Oct.	FY 13/14 Nov.	FY 13/14 Dec.	FY 13/14 Jan.	FY 13/14 Feb.	FY 13/14 Mar.
Case count	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Rate per 1000 days	0.32	0.42	0.23	0.11	0.11	0.35	0.33	0.11	0.56	0.32	0.23	0

Fiscal 2012/2013

Month	FY 12/13 Apr.	FY 12/13 May.	FY 12/13 Jun.	FY 12/13 Jul.	FY 12/13 Aug.	FY 12/13 Sep.	FY 12/13 Oct.	FY 12/13 Nov.	FY 12/13 Dec.	FY 12/13 Jan.	FY 12/13 Feb.	FY 12/13 Mar.
Case count	Less than 5	5	Less than 5	Less than 5	10	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5
Rate per 1000 days	0.22	0.54	0.48	0.34	1.11	0.11	0.21	0.46	0.47	0.65	0.35	0.34

Fiscal 2011/2012

Month	FY 10/11 Jan.	FY 10/11 Feb.	FY 10/11 Mar.	FY 11/12 Apr.	FY 11/12 May	FY 11/12 Jun.	FY 11/12 Jul.	FY 11/12 Aug.	FY 11/12 Sep.	FY 11/12 Oct.	FY 11/12 Nov.	FY 11/12 Dec.	FY 11/12 Jan.
Case count	7	5	5	Less than 5	7	Less than 5	6	Less than 5	6	4	5	5	6
Rate per 1000 days	0.80	0.63	0.52	0.33	0.76	0.10	0.67	0.46	0.76	0.47	0.59	0.13	.65

Fiscal 2010/2011

Month	FY 10/11 Apr.	FY 10/11 May	FY 10/11 Jun.	FY 10/11 Jul.	FY 10/11 Aug.	FY 10/11 Sep.	FY 10/11 Oct.	FY 10/11 Nov.	FY 10/11 Dec.	FY 10/11 Jan.	FY 10/11 Feb.	FY 10/11 Mar.
Case count	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	7	5	5
Rate per 1000 days	0	0.10	0.21	0.37	0.13	0.23	0.12	0.11	0.50	0.80	0.63	0.52

Fiscal 2009/2010

Month	FY 09/10 Apr.	FY 09/10 May	FY 09/10 Jun.	FY 09/10 Jul.	FY 09/10 Aug.	FY 09/10 Sep.	FY 09/10 Oct.	FY 09/10 Nov.	FY 09/10 Dec.	FY 09/10 Jan.	FY 09/10 Feb.	FY 09/10 Mar.
Case count	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5
Rate per 1000 days	0.11	0.32	0.30	0.10	0.50	0.11	0.32	0.12	0.10	0.38	0.11	0.10

Fiscal 2008/2009

Month	FY 08/09 Apr.	FY 08/09 May	FY 08/09 Jun.	FY 08/09 Jul.	FY 08/09 Aug.	FY 08/09 Sep.	FY 08/09 Oct.	FY 08/09 Nov.	FY 08/09 Dec.	FY 08/09 Jan.	FY 08/09 Feb.	FY 08/09 Mar.
Case count	5	5	0	0	5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	5	Less than 5
Rate per 1000 days	0.53	0.53	0	0	0.61	0.35	0.35	0	0.48	0.25	0.58	0.20

Fiscal 2007/2008

Month	FY 07/08¹ Q1	FY 07/08¹ Q2	FY 07/08¹ Q3	FY 07/08¹ Q4
Case count	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5
Rate per 1000 days	0.37	0.34	0.19	0.30

¹Fiscal Year 07/08 data is based on prior internal methodology for calculated C.difficile rates

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