VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE......


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3344325.stm


NAWLINSGIRL

I think I know the cure for MRSA in the UK but I bet they will not listen. We used to have two domestic cleaning staff based on every ward. Everything was cleaned each day. Management wanted to find areas to cut expense in and were rewarded with bonus' when they succeeded. Nowadays we may have one Domestic agency staff running between 4-5 wards.
My wife went into surgery last year. The lamp above her be was covered in dust and the screens were dirty.
Nursing staff were walking in and out of the hospital in their uniforms (Something we could have been disciplined for) and even around the shops in the city centre. I mean, what is the point of cleaning ones hands when ones uniform is contaminated.
All patients used to be admitted the day before surgery and they had to have a bath. Nowadays we have the Human rights act and they may choose not to clean themselves. Thus putting them and others at risk.

I spotted one Nurse in uniform sitting on a city street waste bin making a phone call. I was discusted. I rang the infection control officer and was informed that they did not have changing rooms to help staff change out of their uniforms and so they were expected to walk home in them. Now, I am not daft and I know some staff will wear the same uniform more than one day. Hence they are an infection risk. The officer told me that MRSA levels were low at their hospital but I have since found out that is not so.

So what is the cure for MRSA. Put clinical managers back in charge of care and do the job properly like they did. However, no one wants to pay the bill.