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Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 22 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 April 2005. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 April 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the results were of the mandatory MRSA bloodstream infection count for the quarter October to December 2004.
Answer

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the results were of the mandatory MRSA bloodstream infection count for the quarter October to December 2004. [223856] Miss Melanie Johnson: [holding answer 4 April 2005]: From March 2005, data on methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections have been published by six monthly intervals. The information for October 2004 to March 2005 will be published once the data has been compiled by the Health Protection Agency.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
432 c1554W;432 c1550W; 223856
Session
2004-05
Subjects
Blood Hospitals Infectious diseases MRSA
Link
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