Ludington Hospital Gets an "A" from last year's "D" grade.

[John Doe Jr]

Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital

1 Atkinson Drive
Ludington, MI 49431-1999
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This Hospital's Grade

FALL 2016

They Get an "A" yet they are still seriously failing on C Diff.

This Hospital's Score:

1.877

Best Hospital's Score:

0.000

Average Hospital's Score:

0.901

Worst Hospital's Score:

2.409

C. diff infection

Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is a bacterium that can cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, and fever. Most C. diff cases occur in patients taking or having recently taken antibiotics, and fully killing the bacteria in an infected patient can be very difficult. C. diff can spread via contaminated equipment or by providers who fail to properly wash their hands between patients.

This number represents a comparison of the number of infections that actually happened at this hospital to the number of infections expected for this hospital, given the number of patients they care for on a daily basis and how widespread C. diff infection is in their local community. A number lower than one means fewer infections than expected; a number more than one means more infections than expected. Timing of the data.

What safer hospitals do:

Doctors and nurses should clean their hands after caring for every patient. Hospital rooms and medical equipment should be thoroughly cleaned often. Safer hospitals will also keep C. diff patients separate from other patients, and require providers and visitors to wear gloves and gowns around these patients.

- See more at: http://www.hospitalsafetygrade.org/h/memorial-medical-center-of-wes...

 http://www.hospitalsafetygrade.org/h/memorial-medical-center-of-wes...

[Willy]

I bet the numbers were worse under the old management.