Pat's Note: Wake up at the back, I pointed that out at the time.
If the Conservatives are going to make the next government they should
not be adding more elephant bones to the grave of the Piltdown man.
But, I guesss they know that and don't want to fall out with the
vetocrats until firmly in power.
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gjzdewfL94T6lWXSpQKDlrjYb8bA
NHS deep clean 'a political stunt'
1 hour ago
The Government's flag****p deep clean programme has been dismissed as a
"political stunt" amid claims hospitals were not using products
recommended by health watchdogs.
The Tories said "worrying" figures showed only a small minority of NHS
trusts in England were using all the cleaning products recommended by
the Health Protection Agency (HPA) to fight bugs like MRSA and
Clostridium difficile.
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley accused Gordon Brown of
"grandstanding" and only being concerned with headlines while "letting
patients down."
But the Department for Health insisted that deep cleaning was just
part of a "comprehensive strategy" to improve cleanliness and tackle
infection across hospitals. The Tory argument was based on
"fundamental misunderstandings".
The Conservatives said they received replies from 128 out of the 171
NHS Trusts in England following Freedom of Information requests about
their cleaning regimes.
They claim their research shows that 85% of hospitals did not use
hydrogen peroxide vapour in their deep clean; 16% of hospitals did not
use chlorine; 18% of trusts admitted using steam cleaning which it is
claimed is not effective; while 9% of trusts complied with all the HPA
guidelines on deep clean.
Some 5% of trusts admitted they do not clean the bed spaces of
patients with Clostridium difficile daily with chlorine; and 9% of
trusts do not clean all commodes, toilets and bathroom areas after
each use by a Clostridium difficile patient with chlorine.
Mr Lansley said: "These worrying figures expose Gordon Brown's deep
clean as nothing more than a political stunt.
"If he'd really cared about reducing infections he would have made
sure it was carried out properly and the right products were used.
Sadly, all he cared about was grabbing a good headline.
"Clostridium difficile rates have soared under Labour and yet they've
failed time and again, to back the evidence-based strategies for zero
tolerance of infections. Gordon Brown and Alan Johnson should be
ashamed of their grandstanding, and for letting patients down."
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Regards
Pat Gardiner
Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
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