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Clostridiodes (Clostridium) difficile

Clostridiodes (Clostridium) difficile

The data is presented using the "one patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority Wide (for general acute hospitals with 24-hour Accident and Emergency services)
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 2,616 19,595 13.4
2018 2,613 20,840 12.5
2019 2,571 21,510 12.0
2020 2,418 19,769 12.2
2021 2,848 23,197 12.3
2022 3,422 25,768 13.3
2023 3,019 25,285 11.9



Hospital Authority - Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 94 662 14.2
2018 97 717 13.5
2019 78 668 11.7
2020 84 620 13.5
2021 106 740 14.3
2022 145 922 15.7
2023 106 806 13.2



Hospital Authority - Caritas Medical Centre
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 151 782 19.3
2018 122 794 15.4
2019 137 885 15.5
2020 128 909 14.1
2021 134 1,060 12.6
2022 115 1,067 10.8
2023 103 932 11.1



Hospital Authority - Kwong Wah Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 86 869 9.9
2018 90 833 10.8
2019 68 695 9.8
2020 67 623 10.8
2021 71 680 10.4
2022 105 942 11.1
2023 104 779 13.4



Hospital Authority - North District Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 111 915 12.1
2018 125 1,027 12.2
2019 93 1,011 9.2
2020 118 908 13.0
2021 133 971 13.7
2022 138 1,245 11.1
2023 189 1,481 12.8



Hospital Authority - North Lantau Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 5 47 10.6
2018 10 47 21.3
2019 13 86 15.1
2020 22 157 14.0
2021 16 203 7.9
2022 29 276 10.5
2023 30 252 11.9



Hospital Authority - Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 208 1,729 12.0
2018 195 1,822 10.7
2019 206 1,772 11.6
2020 273 1,993 13.7
2021 239 1,540 15.5
2022 241 1,659 14.5
2023 238 1,849 12.9



Hospital Authority - Pok Oi Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 139 779 17.8
2018 180 883 20.4
2019 171 1,020 16.8
2020 135 866 15.6
2021 170 1,020 16.7
2022 153 906 16.9
2023 193 1,140 16.9



Hospital Authority - Prince of Wales Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 265 2,539 10.4
2018 269 2,698 10.0
2019 276 2,846 9.7
2020 271 2,395 11.3
2021 299 2,639 11.3
2022 368 3,189 11.5
2023 398 4,025 9.9



Hospital Authority - Princess Margaret Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 219 1,349 16.2
2018 170 1,387 12.3
2019 105 1,341 7.8
2020 123 1,163 10.6
2021 129 1,466 8.8
2022 145 1,593 9.1
2023 171 1,478 11.6



Hospital Authority - Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 296 1,874 15.8
2018 324 2,056 15.8
2019 351 2,111 16.6
2020 324 2,013 16.1
2021 432 3,400 12.7
2022 516 3,560 14.5
2023 280 1,947 14.4



Hospital Authority - Queen Mary Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 57 2,093 2.7
2018 44 1,995 2.2
2019 58 2,038 2.8
2020 33 1,708 1.9
2021 44 1,695 2.6
2022 29 1,457 2.0
2023 41 1,690 2.4



Hospital Authority - Ruttonjee Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 62 466 13.3
2018 70 510 13.7
2019 67 547 12.2
2020 52 478 10.9
2021 66 410 16.1
2022 55 432 12.7
2023 73 503 14.5



Hospital Authority - Tin Shui Wai Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 0 6 0.0
2018 1 15 6.7
2019 9 78 11.5
2020 36 178 20.2
2021 81 433 18.7
2022 77 420 18.3
2023 80 535 15.0



Hospital Authority - Tseung Kwan O Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 107 594 18.0
2018 131 892 14.7
2019 136 937 14.5
2020 112 864 13.0
2021 168 1,240 13.5
2022 171 1,212 14.1
2023 140 1,350 10.4



Hospital Authority - Tuen Mun Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 413 2,280 18.1
2018 389 2,398 16.2
2019 405 2,620 15.5
2020 291 2,290 12.7
2021 363 2,716 13.4
2022 437 2,764 15.8
2023 526 3,435 15.3



Hospital Authority - United Christian Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 315 1,954 16.1
2018 303 2,110 14.4
2019 343 2,206 15.5
2020 268 1,931 13.9
2021 326 2,258 14.4
2022 604 3,245 18.6
2023 254 2,237 11.4



Hospital Authority - Yan Chai Hospital
Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 88 657 13.4
2018 93 656 14.2
2019 55 649 8.5
2020 81 673 12.0
2021 71 726 9.8
2022 94 879 10.7
2023 93 846 11.0



Private Hospital - Canossa Hospital
Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 7 68 10.3
2018 11 41 26.8
2019 15 55 27.3
2020 15 67 22.4
2021 18 148 12.2
2022 8 83 9.6
2023 8 47 17.0



Private Hospital - CUHK Medical Centre
Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2021 1 6 16.7
2022 6 46 13
2023 25 186 13



Private Hospital - Evangel Hospital
Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2022 1 17 5.8
2023 2 40 5




Private Hospital - Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong
Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 3 15 20.0
2018 6 44 13.6
2019 5 49 10.2
2020 1 23 4.3
2021 6 40 15.0
2022 9 35 25.7
2023 4 35 11.4



Private Hospital - Hong Kong Adventist Hospital - Stubbs Road
Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 0 7 0
2018 4 21 19.0
2019 2 10 20.0
2020 2 9 22.2
2021 1 7 14.3
2022 0 11 0
2023 7 87 8.0



Private Hospital - Hong Kong Adventist Hospital - Tsuen Wan
Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2023 - - -




Private Hospital - Hong Kong Baptist Hospital
Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2021 182 1,564 11.6
2022 77 617 12.5
2023 146 1,385 10.5



Private Hospital - Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital
Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2020 31 179 17.3
2021 27 179 15.1
2022 13 128 10.2
2023 16 128 12.5



Private Hospital - Matilda International Hospital
Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2015 - - -
2016 - - -
2017 8 13 62
2018 8 17 47
2019 13 21 62
2020 10 16 63
2021 1 6 17
2022 11 19 58
2023 16 19 84




Private Hospital - Precious Blood Hospital
Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2023 1 1 100




Private Hospital - St. Paul's Hospital
Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2021 42 244 17.2
2022 16 180 8.9
2023 17 158 10.8