Doctors making morning rounds in a ward at Queen Elizabeth Hospaital, Birmingham . PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday April 7 , 2011. See PA story. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA Wire
Infection rates are falling in hospitals but health boards have to do more to keep them clean, an inspection has found.
Rates of C diff and MRSA in elderly patients fell between October 2011 and September 2012, the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) reported.
The HEI conducted 31 inspections over the period and found hospitals to be “generally clean”, but said more attention has to be paid to hard-to-reach areas like under beds, on top of curtain rails and corners.
The cleaning of patient equipment should also be improved and cleaning schedules need to be properly filled out, the report said.
