Hospital deep cleaning under fire
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Hospital bosses and cleaning firms are questioning the wisdom of the government's Â£50m deep clean programme.
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By Staff Reports  A woman who was overcome by a leaking dry-cleaning chemical and fell unconscious into a chemical puddle Thursday was decontaminated at the site and taken to a hospital.
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Two local hospitals are taking part in a program run by the China Disease Prevention and Control Center and a US-based medical company in an effort to establish the nation&#39;s first guidelines on hand hygiene in hospitals.
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A review of procedures at an NI university is likely after a chemical spill left two people in hospital.
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Employees at three out of four restaurants don&#39;t wash their hands well enough or often enough while handling your food. More than half of fast-food joints aren&#39;t properly cleaning work surfaces and utensils used to cook your burger.
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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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Over 100 hospital wards closed amid fears that infection will spread
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A group of health-care leaders are banding together to make hospitals a less dangerous place to get well.
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An investigation is launched after the payroll details of staff at an NHS hospital are lost.
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LEBANON, N.H. -- It took Laurie Tostenson years of mopping floors, washing sheets and "screaming twice as loud" as the men around her before she managed to change her janitors' scrubs for a blazer befitting a supervisor at New Hampshire's largest hospital.
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A quarter of hospital trusts in England are failing to meet new standards on infection control, a survey suggests.
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Legal action is launched over a row about whether a new hospital plans to leave enough space between beds to prevent the spread of infections.
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Concerns raised over senior officers' threat to patient confidentiality.
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Grout-scrubbing, lechery and insults are the perils of being a home health aide, now the fastest-growing occupation in America.
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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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One of Australia&#39;s biggest hospitals was on high alert today over fears that a form of CJD suffered by one of its patients may have been transmitted to others via surgical instruments.
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A third of hospital patients are unhappy with the 'disgusting' food served to them in hospital, according to research by a consumer charity published today