First NHS hygiene warning issued
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NHS inspectors have issued their first warning to hospital bosses for breaching the NHS hygiene code.
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Hospitals could be stripped of services in the run up to the next general election, the new NHS chief says.
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Doctors are warned that ambiguous abbreviations in medical notes are putting patients' lives at risk.
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Over 100 hospital wards closed amid fears that infection will spread
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Federal health officials have warned Procter &amp; Gamble Co. that it is unlawfully marketing a new hand sanitizer aimed for use by children.
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World Health Organization official David Nabarro says health officials expect the first wave of sickness to be cholera and diahhreal disease, which he says will strike in about one week.
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Infections acquired in hospitals, which take a heavy toll on patients, arise mainly from poor hygiene in hospital procedures, not from how sick patients were when they were admitted, according to three new studies.
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Health secretary pledges to 'focus remorselessly' on patient care as he prepares to announce new cleanliness regulator.
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The NHS will be at risk unless more is done to combat obesity and increase productivity, a landmark report says.
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Fears are raised over the handling of the NHS as figures show emergency readmission rates to hospital are rising.
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One in 10 patients entering a European hospital can expect to catch an infection there and drug-resistant microbes caught through healthcare are a rapidly growing threat, EU health officials said on Thursday.
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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 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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Virulent norovirus has forced at least 70 hospital wards across England and Wales to close to new patients.
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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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The NHS has launched a crackdown on verbal attacks on staff in its latest bid to combat rising levels of abuse.
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Cleanliness inspectors are sent into two hospitals for spot checks following concerns over poor hygiene.