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| Jean Lawrence, Judy Potter, Helen Jenkinson and Chris Perry went to meet Michael Howard (Leader of the Conservative Party), at his request, on 17th November. Our concerns over the accuracy and robustness of the MRSA bacteraemia data, as well as other surveillance data in England and the lack of attention on infection prevention in primary care were two of the key points we raised. These issues were positively taken up and we have been asked to work with the Conservative Health Team to revise their action plan for reducing MRSA. This is something we aim to repeat with all the political parties to ensure a cross party approach to this high profile issue. |
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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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