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Not touching face may help cut flu risk

“Want to avoid flu? Stop touching your face!”, reports the Daily Mail. The paper says that researchers have “found that we ‘inoculate’ ourselves with bacteria and viruses by touching our mouths and noses with our hands after brushing contaminated surfaces”. (The paper is using ‘inoculate’ to refer to catching, or becoming infected by, a bacteria [...]

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New strain blamed for record norovirus outbreak

The emergence of a new Australian strain of norovirus – the ‘winter vomiting bug’ – has featured in most newspapers today. The Daily Telegraph reports that the new strain is to blame for the record number of cases of the virus seen this winter, which it terms a ‘severe norovirus season’. Experts have been quick to [...]

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Single room commitment

Twenty-six hospitals across Scotland are now 100 per cent single rooms, helping to protect patients’ dignity and reduce healthcare associated infections. Health Secretary Alex Neil has reinforced his commitment to single rooms in all new and most refurbished hospitals, and announced that 12 per cent of hospitals are now 100 per cent single rooms. In [...]

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Research funding boost

A fund of £1.8 million is being made available to support research into healthcare associated infections (HAIs) in Scotland. The Scottish Government funding is being offered to research projects which can demonstrate a benefit to patients, through preventing or treating HAIs. It will help work to further reduce the prevalence of HAIs in Scotland. Latest [...]

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Washing hands helps to fight superbugs

A national hand hygiene campaign “cut superbug infections,” according to BBC News. The BBC and other news outlets have reported the success of a hand-washing campaign in cutting infection rates in hospitals. The headlines stem from a study of hand-washing practices at 187 NHS trusts in England and Wales between 2004 and 2008. The Clean [...]

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NICE publishes quality improvement guide on preventing and controlling healthcare associated infections

NICE has today (9 November) published its quality improvement guide on the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) in secondary care settings. Produced in partnership with the Health Protection Agency (HPA) as part of a pilot project, the guide identifies the organisational characteristics, arrangements and practices that describe excellence in care and practice [...]

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