Infection concerns over hospital

Health inpector show concern that infection control procedures are not being followed at Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride, Scotland. The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) said the hospital was generally clean and in good condition but it found out not all staff followed good infection control practice and saw areas of poor communication. NHS Lanarkshire will follow an urgent and zero tolerance approach to tackle those problems. The risk for patients, staff and visitors to acquire an infection must be as low as zero. A spokesman for the Hairmyres Hospital says ''the hospital is glad with the strict inspection on hospitals in Britain and that they will handle with the problems as expected.

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As the spokesman of the hospital says, I think we may be glad that the inspection on hospitals in Britain is strict. I can't believe that staf is not well informed about infection control practices, those things should be the first thing you learn or else you shouldn't work in a hospital. as the article states, you are not only risking your own health but also the health of others. A good solution for this problem might be comparing the hygiene in public so the hospitals have to compeed with each other.