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Index to The Hamilton Spectator's Award
Winning coverage of C. Difficile Out
Of Control is a three-month investigation by
Spectator reporters Carmela Fragomeni, Naomi Powell
and Joan Walters into killer superbug C.difficile. It
examines the crisis in patient safety in hospitals, the response by
government and hospital administrators and the impact on victims and
families. In May, Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital revealed 91
patients infected with C.difficile died from May 2006 to December 2007 in
the worst recorded outbreak in Ontario history. Other C.difficile
outbreaks have killed hundreds of patients in Ontario hospitals
since 2006.1.
More C. difficile outbreaks reported -
June 20, 2008
At least 22 outbreaks of the lethal superbug C. difficile have swept
Ontario in 19 months, three times the number previously known.
2. 463 C.DIFF DEATHS - 22 HOSPITALS - 2 YEARS
- July 4th, 2008
Figures from a fraction of Ontario hospitals hint at how enormous
the scope of lethal superbug outbreaks may turn out to be.
3.
Out of control: Series Opener -
Sept. 13, 2008
Why have hundreds died in Ontario hospitals
after being infected with superbug?
4.
Out of Control: A killer in Ontario's hospitals -
Sept. 13, 2008
A vicious new strain of C. difficile has left a trail of agonizing
deaths -
First of a five-part series.
5.
Out of Control: Ontario C. difficile rate soars 50 per cent in two
years - Sept. 15, 2008
The rise
in the death rate for Ontario patients infected in hospitals
occurred amid a series of C. diff outbreaks that have catapulted the
superbug into a major public issue.
6.
Out Of Control: Tracking a killer -
September 15, 2008
Shock, grief and few answers. Health system still ill-equipped to
handle outbreaks
7.
Out of Control:
Fatal C. difficile outbreak flew under Jo Brant's radar - Sept.16,
2008
The C. difficile cases at Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital were
scattered throughout the building, making the bug's advance
difficult to notice.
8.
Out of Control: Pittsburgh: C. difficile's ground
zero - Sept. 17, 2008
That outbreak in 2000 marked the fatal NAP1 strain's arrival in
North America. Its rapid spread and the severe toll it took on its
victims shocked experts.
9.
Out of Control: Messy, disgusting and a lifeline
- Sept. 18, 2008
Even some doctors recoil at the mention of fecal transplants. But
the few healers in Canada who offer them are claiming a 90 to 95 per
cent success rate.
10. Out of Control:
How other countries fight C. difficile - Sept. 18, 2008
Outside Ontario, rising death and infection rates from a vicious new
strain of the superbug C. difficile have prompted governments to
call inquiries, impose fines, offer incentives and take other action
to bring the disease under control.
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2008 Michener Award
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