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The Infection Control Nurses Association's (ICNA) response to John Reid�s plans to call on experts from abroad to help the NHS in its battle against the hospital 'Superbugs'
The ICNA recognises the need for a dynamic strategy to tackle the growing problem of resistant bacteria in our healthcare system however the association fundamentally disagrees with some of John Reid�s proposals. For a number of years the ICNA has accepted the numerous plans and initiatives launched by consecutive governments to address the MRSA �Superbug� issue as political moods change, without being provided with the power or resources to implement the lasting changes that will stem the current crisis. Infection Control Professionals working within the NHS are often ignored or their advice is given lip service by management and policy makers. If the �Superbug� issue is to be addressed it should be done in partnership with the Infection Control staff working at ward level who, given the appropriate power, recognition and resource could and have demonstrated that they can dramatically improve MRSA rates. John Reid�s current plan may alienate these key staff that are currently frustrated by the lack of consistent policies and are suffering from �initiative fatigue�. It is foolhardy to believe that another group of foreign �experts� can bring any new ideas that have not already been identified and implemented by Infection Control staff in the UK. We call upon John Reid to talk to us and the other professional bodies before he announces any further plans so that we can advise him of the appropriate actions to take.
Chris Perry
Chair Person
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 Oxoid Infection Control Team of the Year Awards 2006/2007 Winners AnnouncedOxoid, a world leader in microbiology, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2006/2007 Oxoid Infection Control Team of the Year Awards:
1st Prize: Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
2nd Prize: Cho Ray Hospital, Vietnam
Joint 3rd Prize: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
1st: Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
The judges were unanimous in their decision to award t... More
More action to tackle C.Difficile as MRSA numbers continue to fall The Government's Chief Nursing Officer today welcomed a further reduction in MRSA bloodstream infections and announced the latest in a raft of measures to drive down rates of C.difficile in hospitals.
Latest statistics from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show a decrease of 6.7% in MRSA bacteraemia on the last published quarterly data, while C difficile infections for 2006 were 7.6% higher than 2005, a smaller increase than in the previou... More
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