Trust set to reach hospital bug targets.

February 27, 2008 rewheble

  

The latest figures for MRSA and C Difficile cases for Winchester and Eastleigh healthcare trust show the trust has improved since last year.

Figures released recently from the Health Protection Agency show there have only been 5 cases of MRSA and 93 cases of C Difficile, continuing the downward trend from September 2006.

 Chief Executive Martin Wakeley said recently in a press release that he was “really pleased to say that there have been some fantastic developments this year.” While figures for MRSA are indeed down heavily nationwide, with C Difficile still reasonably high, MRSA is a lot more deadly and is harder to treat which therefore increases the need to reduce outbreaks. In comparison C Difficile rarely causes problems apart from some antibiotics helping it to thrive.

 The figures for Winchester and Eastleigh are much better when compared to their original upper target for the year with an aim for only 12 cases of MRSA and 150 for C Difficile. One of the reasons possibly for this achievement is the trust’s strict policies and measures. One such policy is replacing all carpeted clinical areas with hard flooring. 

Jane Gordon added on behalf of the trust they are now using “barrier nursing and the use of an isolation ward for C Difficile cases and general deep cleaning of wards”.

The outlook is positive according to ministers who say that by 2011 there will be an extra £270m a year available for infection control. This will enable trusts to appoint specialist nurses to combat infections and gradually phase in MRSA screening.

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• 1. winchestertutor  |  February 29, 2008 at 3:16 pm

  This is a good strong news story, on a subject of huge interest to your readers.

  But it is a bit descriptive, it reads like the minutes or official record of a meeting, rather than a punchy news story.

  But what is very good about this is there is a good strong, shortish quote right there in the middle – the guy saying ‘fantastic improvement’ or whatever. That should be right at the top.

  This piece of work I would really have to go through carefully line by line because it is such a peculiar mixture of very good work (showing a lot of effort) and misunderstandings.

  I think if you just red your two papers every day more carefully, and from the point of view of how they are written, then your style will come on very quickly.

  Also I recommend Evans – essential English for Journalists for news writing style, because it seems to me you are not very confident about how to write nws stories, ort what you are supposed to be doing. After reading Evans it will all very clear and easy for you, especially whern you start comparing Evans to the papers you actually read.

  Otherwise note all the points made on the other blogs.

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