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MRSA screening for elective patients is to be compulsory in England
Posted By admin On 09/02/2009 @ 06:30 pm In Hospital Medicine, MRSA Screening, MRSA | 1 Comment
Just read this in The Nursing Times online. The article was published 03 February 2009
By the end of March it will become compulsory for acute NHS trusts in England to screen all elective patient admissions for MRSA.
The new screening policy – a requirement of the NHS Operating Framework 2008–2009 – is the latest in a long line of infection control measures introduced by the government to help combat healthcare-associated infections in hospitals.
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