Fears over deadly hospital bugs
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Rates of infection with the deadly Clostridium difficile  bug rise in English hospitals, while MRSA rates  fall only slowly.
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A HONG Kong hospital closed its paediatric wards to new admissions yesterday after four more patients came down with fever and respiratory symptoms, bringing to 28 the number of victims suffering a mystery illness.
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Â· Government failed to follow up patients at riskÂ· Danger of wider infection a 'serious problem'
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Bacteria that cause a troublesome and sometimes fatal type of diarrhea in hospital patients can be found in and on the bodies of people who have no symptoms at all, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.
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DOZENS of Victorians may have been exposed to a deadly brain illness related to mad cow disease and still not know it. The Royal Melbourne Hospital yesterday could not guarantee that every patient who had
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There are reports a bacteria plaguing Quebec hospitals is more widespread and deadly than previously believed. After studying the spread of Clostridium difficile bacteria at eight hospitals in Montreal, a
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A hospital under scrutiny about patient safety admits care failures after the deaths of two elderly women.
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British scientists are developing a vaccine to combat the life-threatening Clostridium difficile hospital bug.
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A hospital has closed its neonatal and pediatrics intensive care units to new admissions after a potentially fatal bacterium sickened seven children, including an infant who may have died from the infection, officials said Friday.
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A deadly bacteria that attacks the  intestines of mainly elderly patients is showing up with more  frequency at a handful of Ontario hospitals, Joshua Tepper, the  Canadian province's acting chief medical officer of health,  said on Tuesday.
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One in 20 patients in Northern Ireland catches an infection while in hospital, according to a new survey.
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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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Doctors fear stripping hospitals of key services such as A&E will lead to the eventual closure of the sites.
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The authorities in Singapore voice concern about a tropical disease that has killed 23 people this year.
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Thirteen people are being treated in a special hospital ward for the bug Clostridium difficle.
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The State Government is set to spend more than $3 million on new sterilisation equipment at seven public hospitals to prevent a repeat of this week&#39;s Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease contamination scare.
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Experts fear an infection caught by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will invade civilian hospitals