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

Table

Unit %

Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
81.5
80.6 - 82.4
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
82.8
80.6 - 84.9
St. Joseph's Hospital
93.6
91.2 - 96.1
Saint John Regional Hospital
86.5
85.1 - 87.9
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
80.9
78.8 - 83.1
Upper River Valley Hospital
73.4
68.6 - 78.2
Miramichi Regional Hospital
75.3
69.7 - 81.0
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
76.7
73.6 - 79.9
Edmundston Regional Hospital
76.3
72.5 - 80.1
Campbellton Regional Hospital
68.8
62.5 - 75.1
Tracadie Hospital
83.0
73.8 - 92.1
Chaleur Regional Hospital
81.3
77.1 - 85.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
80.6
78.8 - 82.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
86.5
85.2 - 87.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
79.5
77.6 - 81.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
76.6
73.0 - 80.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
68.8
62.6 - 75.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
81.4
77.5 - 85.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
75.3
69.7 - 80.9
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
82.9
81.9 - 83.9
Vitalité Health Network
77.3
75.4 - 79.2
Age
18-64
77.6
76.1 - 79.0
65 and over
85.8
84.9 - 86.6
Sex at birth
Female
77.2
75.9 - 78.5
Male
87.5
86.4 - 88.5
Language
Preferred language of service: English
83.0
82.1 - 84.0
Preferred language of service: French
75.4
73.0 - 77.9
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
80.3
73.7 - 86.9
Education level
High school or less
86.8
85.8 - 87.8
Postsecondary
77.2
75.8 - 78.5
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

AU_SAF05_1

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