Written question asked by Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 23 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 January 2006. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Thursday, 9 February 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.
MRSA
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many MRSA infections were recorded in NHS hospitals for (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005 and which of these (i) were in and (ii) were related to renal units by disease area.
- Answer
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National surveillance covers methicillin resistant Staphylococcus ““auerus”” (MRSA) blood stream infections (bacteraemias), not all MRSA infections. National data is shown in the table and data for individual trusts is available on the Departments website at: www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot?04/11/40/15/04114015.pdf.
Number of MRSA bacteraemias April 2002-March 2003 7,373 April 2003-March 2004 7,684 April 2004-March 2005 7,212 Source: Health Protection Agency
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 442 c1484-5W;442 c1484-5W; 45588
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Kidneys MRSA
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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