MRSA - Ipswich Hospital

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:15:39 -0000, "Pat Gardiner"
wrote:

Pat's Note: Ipswich Hospital is right in the centre of pig country - and
always in trouble.

Regulars here will remember "let's treat animals at weekends" farce (and the
insistance from the Politburo that this was regular NHS practice!). It is in
the archives, for those that want to see the Politburo at its finest.

Last month Ipswich claimed to have an MRSA free month only to discover that
they had a case of CA-MRSA. The patient had to correct them.

Their management is obviously not in control and panicking too.

If they find out that Defra having been hiding up MRSA in pigs on their
doorstep, they will pull out all the stops to save their jobs. Wouldn't you?

Defra has lost control of the pig health situation. It is out of their hands
and it is no good looking to them to save anyones skins, home, businesses or
reputation.

The senior ranks of the NHS will eventually speak out. What have they got to
lose? They are regular readers of the writer.

Don't look to the Politburo. The remnants of this rabble are trying to save
themselves by questioning the mental health of the whistle-blower. They are
going to have a very rough time when that gets investigated. Needless to
say, that allegation is yet another deliberate fabrication.

Kids are dying and Defra still won't test Britain's pigs despite the
Canadian and Continental research showing MRSA in pigs getting into
hospitals via patients, staff and visitors that have handled pigs and pork.

This scandal can only have one conclusion.

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content...A36%3A08%3A333


Hospital bosses smarting over breach
29 February 2008 | 13:30


Ipswich Hospital has been told to improve hygene standards

HOW did this happen?

That is the question facing Ipswich Hospital bosses after they were handed a
notice to improve for breaching hygiene standards.

The moral-shattering notice came despite pledging to drastically improve the
hospital's record on infection-control.

Super-bugs such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile (C-diff) have caused
numerous problems for staff at the Heath Road hospital in the past but
recently it has proudly announced it has made huge strides forwards in
tackling the infection and keeping cleanliness standards high.

Ipswich Hospital

After what the hospital saw as massive strides towards in beating infections
Gwen Collins, director of infection prevention and control at Ipswich
Hospital, said she felt absolutely devastated at being issued with an
improvement notice but added that she still believed the hospital was
delivering a high standard of care for patients.

She said: "The staff are very battered emotionally by this. It is awful and
it is really shocking to get the notice to improve and we are very sad that
we received it.

"It will not impact on our drive though and we are determined to meet
standards for infection control."

Mrs Collins said she did not believe any safety concerns had slipped through
the hospital's checks but instead that the hospital had misunderstood
guidelines which resulted in it being give the notice to improve following
the Healthcare Commission's unannounced visit on February 4.

Hospital bosses claim they believed that by working towards the aim of
getting rid of all benchtop sterilisers, objects which mean equipment is
washed by hand not an automated washing system, would result in it meeting
Department of Health guidelines.

But the team from the Healthcare Commission said the four sterilisers still
in use in the Ear Nose and Throat Department, Oral Surgery, Critical Care
Unit and South Theatres meant the hospital was in breech of the hygiene
code.

Prue Rush, spokeswoman for the Ipswich Hospital Public and Patient
Involvement forum which monitors the hospital, added: "It is bitterly
disappointing because we do know the hospital has implemented all sorts of
new regimes to tackle infection control and things have got better."

A spokesman for Suffolk Primary Care Trust (PCT) said: "Suffolk PCT is
satisfied that Ipswich Hospital has responded positively to the improvement
notice from the Healthcare Commission.

"We will work closely with them and support them to achieve the improvements
required."

Does more need to be done to tackle infection control at Ipswich Hospital?
Write to Your Letters, Evening Star, 30 Lower Brook Street, Ipswich IP4 1AN
or e-mail .