Comments on: New Superbug Highlights Poor Hospital Hygiene http://staphcontrol.com/blog/2008/12/13/new-superbug-highlights-poor-hospital-hygiene/ Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:34:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Medifix http://staphcontrol.com/blog/2008/12/13/new-superbug-highlights-poor-hospital-hygiene/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Medifix Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:37:34 +0000 http://staphcontrol.com/blog/?p=13#comment-2 UK Department of Health “Low cleanliness score, NO longer have significantly higher MRSA infections”: Hospitals with high bed occupancy rates, high levels of temporary staff or cleanliness. Increasing spend on cleaning by 10% is estimated to reduce MRSA rates by less than 1%. In the final 2 years. (Hospital organisation, specialty mix and MRSA, Dec 2007) Intravenous devices and urinary catheters provide a potential route for microorganisms to enter the blood stream resulting in a variety of local or systemic infections. Its not MRSA alone now, there are six bugs called "ESKAPE" that hount us and is rapidly increasing in population threatening us all UK Department of Health “Low cleanliness score, NO longer have significantly higher MRSA infections”: Hospitals with high bed occupancy rates, high levels of temporary staff or cleanliness. Increasing spend on cleaning by 10% is estimated to reduce MRSA rates by less than 1%.

In the final 2 years. (Hospital organisation, specialty mix and MRSA, Dec 2007) Intravenous devices and urinary catheters provide a potential route for microorganisms to enter the blood stream resulting in a variety of local or systemic infections.

Its not MRSA alone now, there are six bugs called “ESKAPE” that hount us and is rapidly increasing in population threatening us all

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