CSV PDF

Acute care patients who reported that hospital staff always checked their identification band before giving them medication, treatments or tests

CSV PDF

Table

Unit %

Year 2019 Year 2016 Year 2013 Year 2010
Province
New Brunswick
84.2
81.9
79.6
73.1
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
84.7
85.3
84.5
76.4
Sackville Memorial Hospital
90.0
90.6
84.6
68.8
Charlotte County Hospital
89.7
79.7
88.0
67.7
Grand Manan Hospital
100.0
S
83.3
78.6
Saint John Regional Hospital
85.7
81.6
79.4
77.1
Sussex Health Centre
62.5
96.9
85.7
79.3
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
83.3
82.0
78.5
75.5
Hotel-Dieu of St. Joseph
77.4
71.1
83.3
67.3
Oromocto Public Hospital
82.2
87.8
70.8
80.8
Upper River Valley Hospital
81.9
75.5
75.4
69.6
Miramichi Regional Hospital
83.8
82.3
83.7
76.2
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
85.8
83.1
76.3
76.1
Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital
85.5
85.4
84.8
75.0
Grand Falls General Hospital
66.7
73.1
56.7
46.2
Edmundston Regional Hospital
73.1
71.2
60.5
51.6
Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Saint-Quentin
75.0
75.0
61.1
69.2
Campbellton Regional Hospital
78.8
71.1
78.8
44.9
Enfant-Jésus RHSJ† Hospital
87.2
85.7
90.0
n/a
Tracadie Hospital
86.4
88.5
85.6
79.2
Chaleur Regional Hospital
88.9
84.3
84.3
79.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
85.2
84.4
81.4
n/a
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Horizon
84.8
85.5
84.5
n/a
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Vitalité
85.7
83.3
77.0
n/a
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
85.6
81.8
80.0
n/a
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
82.9
81.0
78.1
n/a
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
72.7
71.6
60.1
n/a
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
78.8
71.1
78.8
n/a
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
88.2
85.2
85.4
n/a
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
83.8
82.3
83.7
n/a
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
84.5
82.5
81.0
75.8
Vitalité Health Network
83.6
80.7
76.6
68.2
Age
18-64
80.5
77.3
79.4
68.1
65 and over
86.8
85.6
79.7
77.4
Sex at birth
Female
80.9
78.6
80.1
70.8
Male
88.4
86.1
79.0
75.9
Language
Preferred language of service: English
84.8
82.2
80.9
75.0
Preferred language of service: French
82.4
80.9
75.5
67.3
Race
White
84.5
81.8
n/a
n/a
Other
79.4
88.4
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
S
S
n/a
n/a
Black
89.1
87.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
83.0
75.0
81.4
77.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
81.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
84.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
86.8
85.2
82.8
76.8
Postsecondary
81.0
76.9
74.8
66.6
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 reported that hospital staff always checked their identification band before giving them medication, treatments or tests.

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 no" to the question: Did staff check your identification band before giving you medicines, treatments, or tests?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AC_SAF05_1

Charts

Maps