Located at 3000 Lawrence Ave. E., just west of The Scarborough Hospital’s General campus, the Flu Assessment Centre provides health assessment, treatment and referral services for people who have flu-like symptoms. The centre does not offer vaccinations or testing for H1N1. Centre hours are Monday to Friday from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about this and other Flu Assessment Centres in Toronto, visit http://www.toronto.ca/health/cdc/
h1n1/assessment.htm.

Toronto (October 1, 2009) – A hospital-wide initiative to improve patient safety has resulted in a 94 percent decline in the number of C. difficile cases at The Scarborough Hospital, General campus.

TSH's Occupation Health Department is doing an excellent job of promoting the benefits of becoming vaccinated to the organization's staff, physicians and volunteers. To date, more than 2,500 people have been vaccinated, dramatically decreasing the chances of a hospital-based outbreak of H1N1.

For many years now, it has been the policy and the practice at TSH to offer flu vaccine to all physicians, staff and volunteers, which in our case includes members of our Board of Directors. This is the practice at many if not most Ontario hospitals. Volunteers have always been considered healthcare workers here at TSH and are part of the definition used by Public Health Agency of Canada.

"The vaccine is offered first to healthcare workers to prevent a potentially devastating hospital outbreak," explains Dr. John Wright, TSH's President. "It's not a perk – it's a reasonable preventive measure to keep our hospitals up and running, based on good science."

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