http://www.mediplacements.com/sterile-services_news-rss.xmlSterile Services News from Mediplacementsen-gbTue, 25 Feb 2014 18:05:48 GMTCopyright: (C) Mediplacements60http://www.mediplacements.com/images/feedlogo.gifhttp://www.mediplacements.com/images/feedlogo.gifA scientist from Nottingham is to become the first in the country to successfully use a method of killing hospital superbugs by using ultraviolet light. The method, which is believed to kill 99. 9 per cent of all pathogens including MRSA and vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE), could save around 30,000 lives a year, as well as £1 billionhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801576693-study_on_preventing_hospital.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801576693-study_on_preventing_hospital.htmlWed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesNHS Trust bosses have announced that two of Shropshire's main hospitals have been free of the highly contagious superbug MRSA for a year. Over the past 29 months there have only been two recorded cases of the bug at both the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal in Telford. Jo Banks, associate director of patient safety at Thehttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801569640-hospitals_in_shropshire.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801569640-hospitals_in_shropshire.htmlThu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesSherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating its success in overcoming the MRSA bacteraemia (blood stream infection) at its hospitals across the region. The trust, which manages King's Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital, has now gone three years without a reported case. It claims that its success in beating the superbug meanshttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801562777-sherwood_forest_hospitals_nhs.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801562777-sherwood_forest_hospitals_nhs.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesGlobal infrared and thermal imaging company Irisys, is set to showcase its new Smart Infection Prevention technology at this year's Healthcare Innovation Expo. The new technology is designed to reduce the risks posed by healthcare associated infections (HCAIs), increasing hand hygiene compliance and optimise cleaning practices. HCAIs are ahttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801546482-irisys_to_showcase_technology.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801546482-irisys_to_showcase_technology.htmlMon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesThe Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Team at both Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trusts have unveiled a new selection of roller banners explaining the importance of hand hygiene to both staff and visitors. Under the slogan ‘Clean Hands Save Lives’, the banners will be on display in the Outpatients Departments at bothhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801529916-shrewsbury_and_telford.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801529916-shrewsbury_and_telford.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesThe increase in drug-resistant infections is as great a threat as global warming, the chief medical officer for England has warned. Professor Dame Sally Davies told a parliamentary committee that bacteria are becoming immune to an alarming number of current drugs, and that there were few antibiotics available to replace them. She added that thehttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801528173-experts_urge_action_to_prevent.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801528173-experts_urge_action_to_prevent.htmlThu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesWith 2012 drawing to a close, many people will be looking back on the major events that have occurred, and while the year will be remembered for the London Olympics, Hurricane Sandy and the fabled Mayan apocalypse, there has been another talking point in hospitals around the UK. This is the winter vomiting bug which has gripped health facilitieshttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801514067-winter_vomiting_bug_cases.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801514067-winter_vomiting_bug_cases.htmlFri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesWinter vomiting bug numbers have significantly increased in the in the past year, according to the latest figures released by The Health Protection Agency (HPA). The organisation noted that the amount of noroviruses detected in hospitals across England and Wales had jumped markedly in 2012, when compared to the same time in 2011. It is estimatedhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801509949-winter_vomiting_bug_case.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801509949-winter_vomiting_bug_case.htmlWed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesA norovirus has been forcing the closure of a plethora of wards in hospitals around the UK, a new report has shown. Birmingham's City Hospital, Maidstone Hospital in Kent, and George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, have all had to shut a number of facilities to prevent the spread of a winter vomiting bug. The Health Protectionhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801508102-winter_vomiting_bug_forcing.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801508102-winter_vomiting_bug_forcing.htmlMon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesThe rate in which Clostridium difficile (C. diff) can spread can be "fast and easy", according the results of a new study. Research published in the Nature Genetics journal revealed that two different strains of the disease can potentially resist antibiotics meaning they can then spread much more easily throughout hospitals. Both thehttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801504732-spread_of_cdiff_can_be_quick.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801504732-spread_of_cdiff_can_be_quick.htmlTue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesPeople suffering from the winter vomiting bug norovirus have been told to stay away from hospitals to avoid spreading the disease. Dr Bob Adak, head of the gastrointestinal department at the Health Protection Agency, said that friends or relatives should not be visited in hospital if they have symptoms of the conditions. He warned that the knock-onhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801501930-stay_away_from_hospitals.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801501930-stay_away_from_hospitals.htmlThu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesA hospital in Scotland has been forced to close two wards after a number of patients were affected by a winter vomiting virus on Tuesday (November 27th). Staff at Aberdeen's Royal Cornhill Hospital are currently in the process of finding the appropriate sterile services to cope with the outbreak which has so far been present in ten patients andhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801497802-scottish_hospital_closes_ward.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801497802-scottish_hospital_closes_ward.htmlThu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesThere are increasing calls for more studies on how hospital superbugs are transmitted through the air, experts have said. Since the turn of the year there have been a number of break outs of viruses in hospitals in Scotland, with patients being hit with winter vomiting illnesses and c. diff which can prove fatal in some cases. A study byhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801468657-concern_over_spread_of.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801468657-concern_over_spread_of.htmlFri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesCases of MRSA are being spread by a common type of antibiotic, according to new research from the University of London. The team in the English capital found that ciprofloxacin was a factor of the outbreak of the potentially deadly bacteria which affects a person's skin, blood, lungs and bones if they become infected, the Press Associationhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801454338-mrsa_spread_by_common.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801454338-mrsa_spread_by_common.htmlFri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesThe number of people dying after contracting MRSA or Clostridium difficile (C. Diff) has fallen, according to a new report. Figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that in 2010 485 people were killed by MRSA, dropping by a quarter to 364 last year. The study revealed that for both males and females there was a five-fold decreasehttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801434152-deaths_from_mrsa_and_c_diff.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801434152-deaths_from_mrsa_and_c_diff.htmlWed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesA new facility which provides provisions for NHS Sterile Service Departments has been opened in Sheffield city centre. Councillor Bryan Lodge was on hand to cut the ribbon for Microbiological Validation Services (MVS) at its new purpose-built site at Cross Bedford Street. The company, which was launched in 2003 by mother and daughter team Elisehttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801420695-new_facility_opened_to_aid_nhs.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801420695-new_facility_opened_to_aid_nhs.htmlThu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesCases of Clostridium difficile (C diff) are set to be targeted, as a new antibiotic has been developed to tackle the illness which has been prevalent in a number of hospital outbreaks. The medication, known as fidaxomicin, has been approved by experts in Scotland, and becomes the first type of drug to fight C diff since the 1950s with thehttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801404172-antibiotic_developed_to_tackle.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801404172-antibiotic_developed_to_tackle.htmlTue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesA bug that had been causing vomiting and diarrhoea at a hospital in Herefordshire has been contained by staff. The cases of viral gastroenteritis had forced Hereford County Hospital to close a number of wards in order to prevent the spread of the illness and look for the best sterile services to quell the problem. However, Wye Valley NHS Trusthttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801398451-hospital_bug_controlled_in.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801398451-hospital_bug_controlled_in.htmlMon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesThe summer is fast-approaching, and as the weather hots up, many people will be heading down to the local park to join in with a game of football or other sports. The spread bacteria can be rife as it collects on bottles and with Euro 2012, Wimbledon and the Olympic Games dominating our screens over the summer more people will be motivated tohttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801389152-spread_of_bacteria_can_be.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801389152-spread_of_bacteria_can_be.htmlWed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile ServicesA hospital in Crewe, Cheshire, has been hit with a suspected norovirus outbreak, forcing officials to restrict visiting times for friends and family. Leighton Hospital has enforced strict measure on wards four and seven of the health facility, as medical staff look to find the best sterile services to help combat the outbreak of the vomiting andhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801386956-visiting_restrictions_in_place.htmlhttp://www.mediplacements.com/article-801386956-visiting_restrictions_in_place.htmlMon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMTSterile Services