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29th December 2011Reports have suggested that hospital acquired infections have risen significantly in the last year.
Figures from the NHS Information Centre – which refer to all infections including superbugs MRSA and Clostridium difficile, plus others such as norovirus and E.coli - show they doubled from 22,488 to 42,712 in just two years. Meanwhile the Health Protection Agency has said there have been 46 outbreaks of suspected norovirus in hospitals over the past two weeks, with 26 of these leading to ward closures or restrictions to admissions.
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Title: Hospital infections rise
Author:
Mark Nicholls
Article Id: 20674
Date Added: 29th Dec 2011
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