By Chris Pursey, Gerflor Healthcare Key Account Manager. In today’s complex healthcare environment, NHS specifiers benefit ...
England’s top NHS doctor Professor Meghana Pandit says the NHS us under pressure from winter bugs, including norovirus, and gives advice to families about how to avoid them ...
LONDON (Reuters) - A number of NHS Trusts are failing to meet required hygiene standards to control infections and need to do more to prevent future outbreaks, the country's new health regulator said ...
Infection control numbers at a Hertfordshire NHS Trust are “not on trajectory’ according to a report, with 42 ...
Dangerous infections are not being adequately controlled because care homes and hospitals are failing to communicate when patients pass between care settings, a Care Quality Commission study has ...
Arlington, VA., Feb.14, 2018 -- Infection prevention practices centered on hand hygiene (HH) protocols can save lives across all healthcare facilities, not just hospital settings. This includes ...
There is a direct correlation between how well an infection prevention program is staffed and a facility’s rate of infection. Your reaction might be “duh,” but the scientific proof was elusive — until ...
The NHS has sounded the alarm with a fresh warning cautioning that an infection which can be fatal in about 10% of cases. Meningitis and health officials are urging individuals to check their ...