Hospital Infection rates still too high
Posted: 17 Apr 2014, 08:48Doctors and nurses should do more to stop hospital patients developing infections, an NHS watchdog says.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued "quality standards" on measures including hand-washing and catheter insertion.
About 300,000 patients develop an infection in England each year while being treated by the NHS.
Prof Gillian Leng, of NICE, said it was unacceptable that rates were still so high.
Rates of MRSA and Clostridium difficile - the most well-known hospital-acquired infections - have fallen significantly in recent years, but one in 16 people treated in the NHS picks up an infection
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued "quality standards" on measures including hand-washing and catheter insertion.
About 300,000 patients develop an infection in England each year while being treated by the NHS.
Prof Gillian Leng, of NICE, said it was unacceptable that rates were still so high.
Rates of MRSA and Clostridium difficile - the most well-known hospital-acquired infections - have fallen significantly in recent years, but one in 16 people treated in the NHS picks up an infection
more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27046990