Resources to aid further learning about infection control.
Last year, the National Audit Office published a report outlining progress since its initial analysis of hospital-acquired infection in 2000 (National Audit Office, 2004). It identified that up to 300,000 patients picked up a hospital-acquired infection every year. Contributing factors included: patchy implementation of good infection control practice; a lack of resources for infection control teams; increasing antibiotic resistance; poor isolation facilities; and a lack of data on the extent and cost of hospital-acquired infections. It also identified that a range of approaches was needed to change staff behaviour to reduce the risk of a hospital-acquired infection
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