Essential steps to safe, clean care from the Department of Health - provides a framework to prevent and manage the spread of infections to improve patient and service user safety
With effect from 1st April 2009 and in line with Department of Health (DOH) recommendations, the Trust is implementing an MRSA screening programme for elective patients. The DOH recommendations also require that emergency patients are screened by no later than 2010/11.
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TB (tuberculosis) is an infectious disease that usually affects the lungs, although it can affect any part of the body.
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