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michael howard makes a mistake
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http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13335999,00.html
TORY DID NOT WASH HANDS Tory leader Michael Howard, who has vowed to clear hospitals of the MRSA superbug if elected, forgot to wash his hands during a visit to patients. Mr Howard, who lost his mother-in-law to a hospital acquired infection, has made fighting the superbug a key election pledge. But he failed to follow basic procedures aimed at halting the spread of MRSA on a visit to London's National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Mr Howard had carefully scrubbed up before entering the Lady Ann Allerton ward. However, he did not repeat the process between shaking hands with patients Sallie Hillman and Sophie Merrington. Catherine Cook, the hospital's infection control nurse, said hands should be cleaned "before you touch a patient and after you touch a patient". Afterwards a Conservative party spokesmnan expressed "regret" for the incident. He said: "Michael Howard washed his hands with alcohol gel before he entered the ward and at least a further three times when he was on the ward," it said. "If he inadvertently failed to do so between these two patients he regrets this very much. "This issue, for very personal reasons, is one he takes extremely seriously." Earlier the Conservatives said they would invest £10m to enable all NHS hospital trusts to identify MRSA quickly by nasal swab testing. It is part of a previously announced 10-point Tory action plan to clean up hospitals. Mr Howard said: "In the fourth richest country in the world, more people die from infections they've picked up in hospitals than they do on our roads. That's 5,000 deaths each year: each death a tragedy for a family."
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sorry was too easy not to resist
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
not that hard. ive been a doctor for 6 years before i came to this country i had never seen a case of it
You're right, it isn't.
Unless you have competitive tendering for cleaners.
A politician visiting.
Who then doesn't wash his hands, potentially passing an infection from one patient to another. Thus negating any cleaning which the hospital had done.
For some reason I find that hard to believe, but assuming it's true, where did you come from?
nope working in the NHS right now ( well not right now, but you know what i mean )
canada
Fair enough, welcome to the NHS. I'm sure it's an "experience"
Just a note though, Canada certainly isn't immune, is it?
Not according to this survey in 1996. The report includes the comment "In the first 18 months of surveillance, 440 cases of MRSA were reported from 20 of the 21 participating hospitals".
Then as a follow-up there is this from 2005, which includes the comment "Surveillance for MRSA in CNISP hospitals has shown that MRSA rates continue to climb in Canadian hospitals. Rates of MRSA are now 10 times higher than they were when surveillance started in 1995".
Such articles then prompted the CBC to say report this which mentions 8,000 suspected fatalities and includes "CBC News' Investigative Unit has visited several Canadian hospitals and gathered disturbing information about their cleanliness and the lack of shared information between hospitals."
Atill, nothing to worry about in Canada then
NHS cleaners used to do a good job.
What is an issue is how to best remove New Labours facist majority and restore respect for Parliament and the Rule of Law back into British politics.
You truly are gullible Mat.
I'm not sure if you really are this stupid, or are just a troll trying to get an angry reaction. Either way, you are a prat.
Sadly, the attitude you suggest is all too prevalent (mainly amongst doctors I have to say) in that too many people don't see handwashing as a basic hygiene issue. It's why we end up with Norwark virus spreading like wildfire, it's one of the reasons why common colds spread so fast. And that's not even mentioning MRSA, which is actually less of an issue.
Personally, if you are telling the truth, I look forward to the day that you are personally sued for not treating people with due care.
The Tory party seems to think it is, it's the main basis of their campaign regarding the NHS. Cleanliness.
That Mr Howard doesn't take the basic precautions, whilst complaining that others don't, really sums up how worthless his comments have been.
What's his line "my monther died of a hospital acquired infection", well funnily enough that could have been because he didn't wash his hands then either - or at least because someonbody involved in her care didn't. He could also have passed an infection on yesterday. What will he say to the realatives if, god forbid, that has happened?
i fucking care!