Hospital clear of superbug
NO patients have contracted the MRSA superbug at the area's main hospital for more than 200 days.
Health bosses at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire say the breakthrough comes after they stepped up infection control measures.
They also credit the switch to the new £400 million superhospital with its higher proportion if single rooms the reduction in cases of the illness.
The trust has spent nearly £2 million on recruiting 65 assistants trained to battle superbugs and all patients are now screened for MRSA on arrival at the hospital.
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More than a decade ago, 100 cases a year used to be reported.
Chief executive Julia Bridgewater then vowed to eradicate the menace in the new hospital buildings.
She said last night: "People thought I was mad to say that but everyone at this trust believes in doing the right thing for our patients."
Comments
by missy1
Saturday, September 22 2012, 6:53PM
“Is this a joke!!
My mother was in North Staffs from 22June with Pneumonia, she was then in their care for 6 weeks. Of which 4 weeks were spent in a side room the last 2 weeks on a shared ward. Following this she was then sent to a community hospital in which she spent less than 24 hours. On her arrival there she tested positive for MRSA, the first we knew of this was when reading through notes sent home for the district nurse.
After a week at home she was then readmitted to North Staffs after catching another infection and again was tested for MRSA, still testing positive. We were told it was on the skin, not in the blood stream. They asked where she had contracted it from which could only have been from there hospital. She was in this time for up to a fortnight and again placed in a side room. A note was stuck on the door stating all visitors had to report to the desk before entry.
How can they claim to have been clear from the bug when this is not the case, utterly disgusting!!”