Thursday 18 October 2007

Wide Spread Infection Control Failures

The Healthcare commission has released the 2006/07 annual health check ratings for every NHS Trust.
Across the country 44 out of 172 acute and specialist trusts (the hospital trusts) did not comply with at least one in three core standards relating to infection control.

We must insist on a zero tolerance of health care acquired infections, only then will the systemic culture of acceptance of such infection begin to be tackled.

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