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ON May 23rd, 2008, the French Ministry of Health launched a national hand cleanliness campaign targeting health care workers, patients, and the general public. The campaign emphasizes that proper hand hygiene is the key element in preventing and controlling nosocomial infections.
It is critical that a through cleansing of one’s hands with a liquid alcohol solution containing an emollient to protect the skin precedes all health care treatments, no matter where they are carried out. All health care establishments throughout the country should see to it that these solutions are available at patient’s bed. Health care workers would also be required to carry a small bottle of disinfectant in the pockets of their uniform. |
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Clostridium difficile strikes UK hospitals |
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Written by Christine Besson
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Thursday, 16 June 2005 |
 According to the latest figures issued by the Department of Health in June 05, 995 patients died of C. difficile in 2004 and 934 of the MRSA.
The C. diff. shows an alarming increase of 38% over the last two years (2003-04). Sanitary authorities are worried by the rise of C. diff. considered much more difficult to eradicate from hospitals wards than MRSA. Patients are easily contaminated.
this new strain of C. difficile is similar to the one infecting Québec and Canadian hospitals. MRSA, the most well known hospital-acquired infection which has received tremendous attention in the last 5 years in the UK account for an average of 7000 infections per year, whereas C. diff. infected over 43 672 patients in 2004.
MRSA was an issue in the last election campaign and has become a major public issue: there is not one week without a report on MRSA in the British press. The department of Health has launched a serious program to tackle MRSA.
For more information on this program click here.
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