Bug trust hospitals 'cleaning up'
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The new chairman of a health trust criticised over clostridium difficile deaths says care is improving.
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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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Targeted cleaning to tackle MRSA hotspots is key to reducing hospital infections, an experts says.
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A government health watchdog says some NHS Trusts are not reporting superbug outbreaks.
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An extra Â£9m is to be spent cleaning up hospitals Northern Ireland over three years, the health minister says.
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Hospitals will be told exactly how to clean their wards under new guidelines hoped to cut MRSA deaths.
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A HOSPITAL has taken two years to tell hundreds of former patients they may be at risk of HIV or hepatitis. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London suspended a test in 2002 for fear it could spread deadly blood viruses.
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The government launches a 'matron's charter', based on the ideas of Florence Nightingale, to improve hospital cleanliness.
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As national estimates focus on an increase in serious infections caused by an antibiotic-resistant germ, officials in the Washington region have identified more than 18 cases among students and are organizing extensive cleanups of numerous schools.
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The health secretary is to use a speech to try to allay fears over stripping hospitals of key services.
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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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The number of deaths linked to a hospital bug called clostridium difficile has outstripped those due to MRSA, statistics show.
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Hospitals are being told to standardise patients' wristbands to cut out errors in care.
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NHS trusts have a Â£4bn backlog of key maintenance repairs, government figures suggest.
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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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More than a dozen wards in hospitals are shut by illness, in some cases caused by a winter vomiting bug.
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Hospital visitors are being urged to improve their hygiene in an effort to crack down on infections.