REUTERS:LONDON An NHS trust could face criminal action after a damning report said appalling hygiene, a shortage of nurses and poor management contributed to outbreaks of a hospital superbug that killed about 90 patients.
... The commission found that on several occasions nurses had told patients to "go in their beds" rather than helping those with diarrhoea to get to a toilet or bathroom. Some patients were left for hours in wet or soiled sheets.
Patients with the bug were moved between wards and managers of the Trust in Kent had failed to set up special isolation areas for them. The watchdog blamed a focus on meeting government targets for emergency admissions.
"It took four months to establish an isolation ward exclusively for patients with C. difficile. In our view this was partly because of the pressure on beds and the trust's desire to meet targets," the report said last week.
The bacterium, commonly transmitted while patients are in the hospital, most often affects those with weak immune systems and the elderly. Figures show cases of the potentially lethal bug in hospitals are on the rise.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK THERE, THEN WHY DO IT HERE?
IT MAKES NO SENSE.
I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN MY FUTURE.
IT MAKES NO SENSE.
I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN MY FUTURE.
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