Monday, 27, Oct 2008 12:00
ANTT is widely acclaimed as best practice. Implementation of ANTT has been shown to dramatically improve staff practice and significantly reduce hospital acquired infection rates.
The first National Conference will present important latest evidence and developments from leading NHS hospitals. Delegates will learn how ot implant and maintain ANTT to ensure staff compliance across large organisations. Case studies will show how failures and challenges in aseptic management require as much support from the Board as they do on the Ward.
MRSA Action UK was heartened by the news of Sir Richard Branson’s election to the position of Vice-President of the Patients Association.
It has come as no surprise to MRSA Action UK of this week’s report relating the first outbreak of a mutant strain of E.coli 026 on a dairy farm in the UK, and its relationship with the heavy use of antibiotics on farm animals.
MRSA Action UK welcomed the Smart Solutions programme which was designed to bring forward new technologies generated by businesses in healthcare and other commercial sectors that are not currently in use, or have not been widely adopted within the NHS.
MRSA Action UK welcomes the reduction in the numbers of people who have been infected with Clostridium difficile this quarter.