Healthcare Commission Report Into Hospital Hygeine Standards, UK

Main Category: MRSA / Drug Resistance
Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Article Date: 17 Jun 2008 - 0:00 PDT

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Commenting on the Healthcare Commission's public warning over failures in hospital hygiene, Karen Jennings, UNISON Head of Health, said:

"The Healthcare Commission's Report into hygiene should ring alarm bells in many hospital corridors. Going into hospital is distressing enough for patients without the added fear of contracting infections such as MRSA or C Difficile. More must be done to restore public confidence into hygiene standards.

"To meet the 10 month improvement deadline hospitals must face the fact that there are no short cuts, cleaner hospitals mean more cleaners. It cannot be a coincidence that as the number of cases of MRSA and infections have gone up, the number of cleaners have gone down. The way to beat the superbugs is to employ more well-trained cleaners, make them integral part of the infection control team and provide round the clock cleaning."

UNISON