The superbug outbreak that has shut down an Alberta hospital is just one example of a phenomenon that is happening more and more frequently in Canada, says an Ontario-based infectious disease specialist.
Vegreville's St. Joseph's General Hospital, in east-central Alberta, has halted all admissions, cancelled out-patient day surgery and closed the sterilization room amid the outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and the discovery of improper equipment sterilization procedures.
Dr. Donald Low, chief microbiologist at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital, says there wouldn't be a single hospital open in Canada if they all shut down over superbug outbreaks.
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If we shut down every American hospital with some MRSA, well, they'd probably all be closed...
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