ALMOST one in ten patients in Scottish hospitals is suffering from an infection such as MRSA, a survey suggested yesterday. The new study – thought to be the most comprehensive ever carried out in Europe – found 9.5 per cent of people in acute hospitals had a healthcare associated infection (HAI)…Experts and campaigners last night said that HAIs continued to be a problem because of poor hygiene in hospitals and a lack of isolation facilities.
Hat-tip: An Englishman’s Castle, whose seigneur adds this:
it might be worth just checking out the leading private hospital provider Bupa’s MRSA rate in comparison. It is a big round zero for MRSA blood infections in 2006. It is nothing to do with hospitals in general, it is how they are run.
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