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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NHS inspectors have issued their first warning to hospital bosses for breaching the NHS hygiene code.
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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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More must be done to ensure patients do not stay in hospital longer than needed, a report finds.
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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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An assembly committee has called for an urgent independent inquiry into hospital-acquired infections.
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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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Patients are urged to challenge hygiene standards as some doctors are criticised for not washing their hands during hospital rounds.
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A small clinic in Manhattan that handled the cases of thousands of sickened 9/11 recovery and cleanup workers is coming under scrutiny over its performance.
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Patients should scrub up before coming to hospital to cut rates of the superbug MRSA, say advisors.
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Questions are being raised about the NHS's ability to push ahead with plans to close services.
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Hospitals are told they must do more to tackle infections - including the MRSA superbug - at Welsh hospitals.
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Abuse and neglect was so rampant at a South Side nursing home, two former employees dubbed it &quot;the house of death, terror and filth,&quot; a whistleblower lawsuit unsealed Monday alleged.
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The head of a Catholic-run hospital system faced new allegations of sexual harassment Monday, following complaints of unwanted hugging and kissing of female employees.
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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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Most physician-owned specialty hospitals are poorly equipped to handle medical emergencies, federal investigators will report today, underscoring a long-standing concern about the rapid rise in the number of such hospitals.
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A firm providing phone and TV services to hospital patients has been accused of pressurising vulnerable people.