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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US health officials are demanding better infection control methods in military hospitals after a number of infections were reported among forces injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Â· Proposal to rid law of 'common prostitute' termÂ· New offence of causing trouble in hospitals
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Targeted cleaning to tackle MRSA hotspots is key to reducing hospital infections, an experts says.
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Patients say they are treated as contaminated sinners; some are ordered to use separate toilets or to wash outside. Others are banished.
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The NHS is facing a blitz of inspections as a health watchdog uses new powers to crackdown on infections.
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New ventilation units blast curtains of purified air between patients and nurses in Washington Hospital Center's emergency room. Outside, yellow tarpaulins and water taps can decontaminate people on the sidewalk.
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Hospitals hit back at claims of poor hygiene standards highlighted in a TV documentary.
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NHS trusts are struggling to meet key hygiene standards, according to data submitted to the NHS watchdog.
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The government is launching a proactive fight for hospitals to tackle MRSA and other infections.
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SMELLING faeces could soon play a crucial role in detecting the hospital bug Clostridium difficile, scientists said.  The odour from healthy stools and people with infectious diarrhoea differ in their chemical composition.
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PORTLAND, Maine - Whether it's blue or spotted or striped, the standard issue hospital gown is drafty and revealing. It's embarrassing for just about anyone who's spent a night in a medical center...
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Indian street food sellers need to be taught to wash their hands before preparing food, according to a health ministry report on Wednesday that found many sellers oblivious to the basics of food hygiene.
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System of spot checks by inspectors is unveiled after claims that elderly patients are left unfed and lying in filthy sheets.
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MONTREAL - Hospitals need to be systematic and consistent about applying infection control measures to cut short an outbreak of C. difficile in Quebec, provincial health officials said Thursday.
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New report gives them a 'C' for hand hygiene    HealthDayNews -- Americans are doing a crummy job of keeping their hands clean.    They got a "C" in hand hygiene in the 2004 Clean Hands Report Card produced by the Soap and Detergent Association...
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Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of infection. It turns out that's not enough.