Hospital hits targets for cutting MRSA

Link: Hospital hits targets for cutting MRSA - Northampton Chronicle and Echo.

Northampton General Hospital will aim to stop all single preventable infections from developing in the future, as part of its commitment to reducing infections. The hospital has met its rates for reducing infections of MRSA and Clostridium difficile (C. diff). There were 11 cases of MRSA bloodstream infection between April 2007 and March 2008, below the Department of Health target of no more than 12 cases. Last year there were 27 cases at the hospital. Rates of C. diff in patients over 65 also fell, with 225 diagnosed in the same period. The hospital's target was 284 cases, a reduction of more than 40 per cent on 2006.