Hi All, Excerpt from "The Independent," highly regarded British newspaper:
Headline: Quarter of NHS trusts fail to hit hygiene targets By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor Published: 18 June 2007 One in four NHS trusts has failed to meet minimum hygiene standards and is putting patients at risk of superbugs such as MRSA and C. difficile. The number of failing trusts is sharply up on a year ago, suggesting declining levels of cleanliness in the NHS. But the Healthcare Commission, the government's NHS inspectorate, which has published the figures in a report today, said the apparently worsening picture reflected greater openness on the part of trusts and not dirtier wards. In April, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported that C. difficile, which causes a potentially lethal bowel infection, was still spreading through the NHS with cases up 8 per cent on the previous year to a record total of 55,681. It blamed inadequate infection control, poor cleanliness and misuse of antibiotics. See full article at: http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2669890.ece Hillary wants the same for the U.S. Thanks, but no thanks. Regards, Platt moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
