MRSA fight 'needs more cleaners'
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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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Fighting the  "superbug" MRSA will be the top priority for the new chief nursing officer, the Health Secretary says.
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A UK company claims to have discovered a compound that renders the MRSA superbug vulnerable to the antibiotic it normally resists.
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Petting zoos and their  customers need to pay more attention to hygiene in order to  prevent animal-transmitted infections, a Canadian study  suggests.
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The headlines are disturbing -- schools closing for disinfection, a 17-year-old dead from a drug-resistant "superbug." But health officials said on Friday it is no new emergency and the best way to deal with the bacteria is simply to wash your hands.
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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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Hospital visitors are being urged to improve their hygiene in an effort to crack down on infections.
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Newly-released figures for hospital infections such as the superbug MRSA show Welsh hospitals are performing better than their English counterparts.
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Among patients treated at urban public hospital emergency rooms for skin and soft-tissue infections, more and more often the cause appears to be the antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' known as MRSA, new research shows.
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School officials around the country have been scrambling this week after several cases of staph infection, some of which have led to the death of students.
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The number of deaths linked to a hospital bug called clostridium difficile has outstripped those due to MRSA, statistics show.
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By now, you've seen the headlines about MRSA, the killer staph virus. Yes, it can be deadly, but it can also be treated
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Anne Arundel County school officials have sent letters home and urged better hygiene after reports of bacterial skin infections among more than two dozen students. But officials say there is no outbreak and no need to panic.
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The NHS should focus more on customer service to improve performance and staff morale, says a report.
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A trial to see if copper stops the spread of MRSA is being tested in a Birmingham hospital.
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A drug-resistant type of "superbug" bacteria called MRSA is more than eight times as common as believed in U.S. hospitals, putting patients at risk and posing a big hygiene problem, experts said on Tuesday.
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Hospital practices are more to blame than how sick a person is for infections acquired by hospital patients, researchers reported on Monday, urging medical centers to do more to curb these infections.