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A Scottish flooring manufacturer has claimed its product can help the NHS in Scotland combat the superbug MRSA. Kirkcaldy-based Forbo-Nairn said research indicated that MRSA and other harmful micro-organisms cannot live or breed on its Marmoleum. It said Ormskirk and Southport hospitals in England used its products and had the lowest recorded incidents of MRSA infection in the UK. The Scottish Executive said cleanliness was the best way to prevent MRSA. Forbo-Nairn's Derek Byrne said research conducted by the Nutrition and Food Research Institute and North American Science Associates indicated that its flooring was free of MRSA.
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