Hygiene plea to hospital visitors
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Hospital visitors are being urged to improve their hygiene in an effort to crack down on infections.
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After a number of E. coli-related illnesses have recently been reported in the state, area health officials are asking Twin Counties residents to look for warning signs of the disease.
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Hospital spot checks may be conducted amid concerns on standards of elderly care, the health watchdog warns.
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The health workers' union Unison is calling for more cleaning staff in hospitals to tackle infections like MRSA.
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HUNDREDS of patients are being warned they could have contracted hepatitis or HIV after undergoing a hospital procedure. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust said there was a &quot;very low&quot; risk of
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Health inspectors intervene to protect patients at an NHS hospital after they discovered it was in flagrant breach of hygiene regulations.
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Hospitals hit back at claims of poor hygiene standards highlighted in a TV documentary.
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The gender gap has widened when it comes to hygiene, according to the latest stakeout by the "hand washing police." One-third of men didn't bother to wash after using the bathroom, compared with 12 percent of women, said the researchers who spy on people in public restrooms. They reported their latest findings Monday at a meeting of infectious disease scientists.
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Health secretary warns four NHS hospitals over persistent poor service to patients.
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Hospitals must provide hand gel near patients' beds n the latest bid to cut hospital infections, a watchdog says.
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LONDON - More than a quarter of the country's NHS Trusts are failing to meet hygiene regulations brought in to combat outbreaks of superbugs in hospitals, the Healtchare Commission reported on Thursday.
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Patients should scrub up before coming to hospital to cut rates of the superbug MRSA, say advisors.
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The government is launching a proactive fight for hospitals to tackle MRSA and other infections.
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Pyjamas and bed linen made with silver cloth are to be used in hospitals to help fight the MRSA superbug.
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Hospitals will be told exactly how to clean their wards under new guidelines hoped to cut MRSA deaths.
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U.S. scientists say finding bacteria, viruses and other substances in hospitals or airplanes may soon be as easy wiping a napkin across a surface.
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Cleanliness inspectors are sent into two hospitals for spot checks following concerns over poor hygiene.