Cardiff Hospital cuts MRSA by 60%

Link: icWales

     Heath chiefs have been showing families how they have reduced the spread of hospital superbugs. The lobby group MRSA and Families, set up by relatives of those affected in Irish hospitals, have been shown first hand how the infections have been reduced in Cardiff. For two years the group has lobbied the Irish government to introduce more stringent measures to decrease MRSA rates. The Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, which runs nine hospitals, has cut its MRSA rates by more than 60 per cent in the last five years. The Trust's campaign includes encouraging regular hand hygiene and improved standards of cleanliness by all staff.

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[Lisa Driscoll]

My nineten year old son has a bad break in his arm due to a car crash and has been told he needs an operation in his arm. This would take place at the Heath Hospital in Cardiff. The doctors have told him that there is a risk of contracting the MRSA infection. This has naturally left us feeling worried. He is having second thoughts about having the operation.
How high is the risk of him catching this bug ?
Thankyou
Lisa.

[Dave Roberts]

http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/surgical_site_infection/documents/trusttables04-06final.pdf

The link above will help anyone looking for details about their hospital

[Lisa Driscoll]

I previously posted on 4th Febuary this year regarding my nineteen year old son who had to have an operation on his arm at the Heath Hospital Cardiff. He was told there was a slight risk of contracting the MRSA infection. This was a real worry. He had the operation the end of June. He has been returing to the Heath every week to check his arm. He has just been told he has caught MRSA !! He has a small scab on his elbow, but they are not sure if it has spread inside his arm. Why could they not find this earlier as he caught it when he was in the hospital, over 2 months ago.
My son is a healthy srong 19 year old. Before he injured his arm he was playing rugby for the Cardiff Blues under 19´s.
I pray that the infection he has caught in the hospital has not spread inside his arm.

The health service in Wales makes me phisically sick. As i walked through the corriders back in June to visit him after his op, i was shocked at the visible dirt throughout the corridors, on the floors and the walls. People are going into hospital catching lethal and potentially life threatnening diseases. Its becoming a third world situation.
Where will it end ?
Who will pay if my son becomes seriously ill through the fault of this hospital.

Lisa Driscoll BA

[Lisa Driscoll]

Well..... there´s obviously not a lot of point in posting on here if no one ever replies. Does any one actually read the posts ?
Lisa