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Written question asked by Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 May 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 June 2016 (named day). It was answered by Ben Gummer (Conservative) on Monday, 6 June 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.


MRSA

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between hand hygiene compliance levels across the NHS and rates of trust-assigned MRSA bacteraemia in 2015.

Answer

As hand hygiene is known to be an important part of a robust approach to infection prevention and control the Department’s guidance to the National Health Service on infection prevention and control was strengthened last year. However, a national assessment for 2015 is not available as information on hand hygiene compliance is not collected centrally. Auditing of hand hygiene is a local responsibility.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
38529
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Hygiene NHS MRSA
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk