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Acute care patients who noticed that hospital staff always washed their hands before caring for them

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Unit %

Year 2019 Year 2016 Year 2013 Year 2010
Province
New Brunswick
72.5
69.7
67.7
69.9
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
69.9
66.8
65.6
62.9
Sackville Memorial Hospital
89.3
70.8
66.7
75.0
Charlotte County Hospital
80.4
62.5
77.8
74.1
Grand Manan Hospital
88.9
100.0
80.0
75.0
Saint John Regional Hospital
70.2
64.2
59.0
64.3
Sussex Health Centre
72.2
76.7
78.6
66.7
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
73.3
69.5
60.3
66.8
Hotel-Dieu of St. Joseph
82.1
74.2
69.8
75.0
Oromocto Public Hospital
83.3
75.0
62.5
79.5
Upper River Valley Hospital
68.8
71.4
68.8
80.2
Miramichi Regional Hospital
79.6
80.4
76.9
73.4
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
71.6
70.8
70.6
73.1
Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital
79.5
89.3
86.8
87.5
Grand Falls General Hospital
80.0
79.2
75.0
78.1
Edmundston Regional Hospital
68.7
72.8
70.4
74.6
Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Saint-Quentin
87.5
93.3
83.3
95.2
Campbellton Regional Hospital
60.3
59.7
71.4
65.4
Enfant-Jésus RHSJ† Hospital
80.6
82.0
92.7
n/a
Tracadie Hospital
79.6
81.6
78.2
77.9
Chaleur Regional Hospital
79.0
74.3
83.3
77.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
71.4
69.6
68.5
n/a
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Horizon
70.7
67.0
65.7
n/a
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Vitalité
72.2
72.3
72.2
n/a
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
70.8
64.6
60.5
n/a
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
73.6
70.0
61.7
n/a
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
70.0
74.3
71.8
n/a
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
60.3
59.7
71.4
n/a
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
79.3
76.5
83.2
n/a
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
79.6
80.4
76.9
n/a
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
72.2
68.2
63.8
67.2
Vitalité Health Network
73.2
72.7
75.5
74.5
Age
18-64
67.8
64.7
67.0
65.9
65 and over
75.7
73.5
68.2
73.1
Sex at birth
Female
68.8
65.1
67.8
67.2
Male
77.0
75.5
67.5
73.1
Language
Preferred language of service: English
71.9
68.5
64.4
67.6
Preferred language of service: French
74.3
73.2
77.0
75.5
Race
White
72.4
69.6
n/a
n/a
Other
71.8
84.2
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
S
S
n/a
n/a
Black
63.2
69.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
69.9
73.6
73.8
76.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
69.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
72.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
76.6
74.4
73.7
74.4
Postsecondary
65.7
62.1
57.7
60.1
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of acute care patients who noticed that hospital staff always washed their hands before caring for them.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Hospital Acute Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes, always" by the number of respondents who answered "yes, always, yes, sometimes or never" to the question: Did you notice staff wash or disinfect their hands before caring for you?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AC_SAF04_1

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