Health boards in Scotland have revealed the number of C.diff cases they recorded from December 2007 to May 2008. BBC Scotland's Investigations team requested the information from NHS boards, covering questions from the distance between beds in wards to whether all staff had received infection control training. Overall, 3,174 C.diff cases were recorded between December 2007 and May 2008 at 38 hospitals. | RECORDED CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE CASES | | | NHS Board Hospital | % Single Rooms | Bed Space % at 2.4m | Cleaning budget per bed in real terms (Up/Down) | Maintenance per bed in real terms (Up/Down) | Infection control training in last year | Have all staff had infection control training? | C.diff cases Dec 07-May 08 | | Galloway Com | 29 | 100 | �7,020
(UP) | �1,562
(Up) | 100% | Yes | 16 | | Vale of Leven | 17 | By Dec 2008 | �7,261
(Down) | �5,561
(Up) | 20% | No | 58 | | Hairmyres | 28 | 100 | �4,130
(Down) | �3,744
(Up) | - | New starts | 157 | | Aberdeen Royal | 16 | - | �4,885
(Down) | �3,803
(Down) | 50% | No | 294 | | Woodend Gen | 12 | - | �4,300
(Down) | �2,266
(Down) | 50% | No | 121 | | Victoria Inf | 7 | 64 | �2,261
(Down) | �2,321
(Up) | 20% | No | 122 | | Victoria Hosp | - | - | - | - | - | - | 93 | | Stobhill | 12 | 73 | �5,297
(Up) | �4,361
(Up) | 20% | No | 118 | | Wishaw Gen | 36 | 100 | �3,558
(Up) | �3,501
(Down) | - | New
starts | 144 | | Queen Margaret | - | - | - | - | - | - | 126 | | Western Gen | - | 100 | �6,060
(Down) | �11,876
(Down) | 250 across board | No | 163 | | Crosshouse | 27 | 100 | �4,904
(Down) | �3,947
(Down) | - | - | 143 | | Edinburgh Royal Inf | - | 100 | �4,355
(Down) | �11,876
(Down) | 250 across board | No | 210 | | Ayr Hosp | 23 | 100 | �5,174
(Down) | �3,274
(Down) | - | - | 79 | | Forth Valley, Falkirk & Stirling | 15 | 100 | �5,021
(Down) | �2,572
(Down) | 12% | No | 158 | | Ninewells | 15 | 100 | �4,223
(Up) | �4,420
(Down) | - | No | 191 | | Monklands Dist | 21 | 1 | �4,400
(Down) | �3,037
(Down) | - | New
starts | 117 | | West Inf/Gartnavel | 27 | 91 | �4,300 (Down)
/�4,794 (Up) | �2,266 (Down)
/�2,604
(Up) | 20% | No | 185 | | St John's Hosp | - | 100 | �5,592
(Up) | �11,876
(Down) | 250 across board | No | 55 | | Borders Gen | 20 | 100 | �6,376
(Up) | �6,591
(Down) | - | - | 56 | | Inverclyde Royal | 22 | 100 | �5,288
(Up) | �4,000
(Down) | 20% | No | 56 | | Southern Gen | 16 | 79 | �2,763
(Up) | �3,239
(Up) | 20% | No | 115 | | Royal Alexandra | 16 | 75 | �3,855
(Down) | �2,012
(Up) | 20% | No | 88 | | Dumfries and Galloway | 19 | 100 | �4,587
(Down) | �8,914
(Down) | 100% | Yes | 49 | | Glasgow Royal | 19 | 75 | �4,244
(Up) | �3,901
(Up) | 20% | No | 120 | | Raigmore | 15 | 100 | �3,683
(Up) | �4,092
(Up) | - | New starts | 64 | | Perth Royal | 24 | 100 | �5,331
(Up) | �5,217
(Down) | - | No | 32 | | Dr Gray's Hosp | 28 | - | �4,500
(Down) | �3,865
(Down) | 50% | No | 18 | | Belford Hosp | 1.5 | 100 | �5,784
(Down) | �3,374
(Down) | - | - | 5 | | Caithness Gen | 26 | 100 | �4,624
(Up) | �4,388
(Up) | - | - | 6 | | Western Isles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | | Forth Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | Uist and Barra | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | | Golden Jubilee | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | | Lorn & Island Dist | 31 | 100 | �3,595
(Up) | �2,706
(Down) | - | New starts | 2 | | Gilbert Bain | 26 | 90 | �11,980
(Up) | - | - | Every 18 months | 1 | | Balfour Hosp | 27 | 67 | �9,104
(Up) | �149.25
(Down) | 100% | Yes | 1 | | St Brendan's Co Hosp | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | | TOTAL | | | | | | | 3,174 | | Source: Figures resulting from a BBC Scotland FOI request |
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