Facts
The number of hospital infections is greater than the number of road deaths in Britain each year.
“You are more likely to die from a disease picked up in a NHS hospital than to be killed on Britain's roads. Rates of the MRSA superbug have doubled since 1997".
The number of Lethal Hospital Bug Cases has risen.
The number of potentially lethal hospital infection cases has rocketed since the 1990s. Last year there were 44,488 cases of c.difficile in over 65s in England says the Department of Health. Mandatory surveillance of the diarrhoea causing infection was introduced for the first time.
Political Actions
- Labour - Labour has set a target of cutting MRSA infection rates by 50% in the next 3 years.
- Conservatives - The conservatives are focusing on hospital cleanliness
as one of their top 5 election priorities. The conservatives say they
will give matrons new powers to close infected hospital wards and
operating theatres.
- Liberal Democrats - The Liberal Democrats say the initial rise in MRSA is due to hospitals contracting out their cleaning, causing a fall in standards.
US Figures
You voluntarily go to a restaurant, but not a hospital – and inadequate hygiene in hospitals is far worse than in restaurants. The Centres for Disease Control & Prevention estimates that each year 2,500 people die from picking up a food borne illness from a restaurant or prepared food store. In the US 100,000 people die from infections contracted in health care facilities, according to the CDC.
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Crime Scene Management
One of the key areas of crime scene management is prevention of contamination. Something becomes classed as contaminated when a material or item that was no present at the time of the incident is introduced. Examples of this include: marks, fibres, blood, dirt, hairs etc.
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