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Indicator Reporting

On September 26, The Ontario government is launching full public reporting on the first of eight patient safety indicators – Clostridium difficile (C. difficile). All Ontario hospitals are required to publicly report on C. difficile rates in their facilities through a public Web site.

Hospitals will also be required to immediately report C. difficile outbreaks to their local public health units so that Medical Officers of Health have the information they need to monitor and respond to emergent outbreaks.

Patient safety indicators to be reported publicly are: