22 April 2009

INFECTIONS

Clostridium difficile infections continue to fall (16th April 2009)
Latest figures, released by the Health Protection Agency, show that cases of the healthcare associated infection Clostridium difficile are continuing to fall.
Information

Template Patient Leaflets on MRSA Screening (16th April 2009)
The NHS is now screening all relevant patients for MRSA before planned operations. This will help the NHS reduce the chances of patients getting an MRSA infection or passing MRSA onto another patient. These template patient leaflets have been developed to assist local areas in their patient communications around this topic.
Leaflets

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