Alex wins cleanliness award

Lianne Cooper

01 May 2008

THE TRUST which looks after the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch has had no cases of MSRA during the first quarter of the year.
And in addition figures for C-diff were down 43 per cent between the same period - January to March 2008.
Tests on 120 trusts across the country, including the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, were carried out by the Healthcare Commission between 2007/08, to assess their compliance with the hygiene code, which requires NHS bodies to have appropriate management and clinical governance systems in place to deliver effective infection control.
And the Worcestershire Trust has also picked up the Infection Control Team of the Year Award 2007/08 for its work to reduce hospital-acquired infections.
Sponsored by international microbiology specialists Oxoid, the awards aim to recognise and reward dedicated infection control teams striving to make hospitals safer places for staff, patients and visitors.
Chief executive John Rostill said the win was an outstanding achievement and well-deserved recognition of the team's efforts in raising awareness of infection prevention and control across the Trust.
"Their efforts have been supported by matrons, and clinical and housekeeping staff who have worked hard to implement infection prevention and control measures," he said.
"Their combined efforts are starting to show extremely positive results as evidenced by this."
The awards are judged by a panel drawn from the International Association of Infection Control , the Hospital Infection Society, the Infection Prevention Society and professionals from Oxoid.
Mr Rostill added: "We are continuing to look at new initiatives to combat infection such as setting up a special treatment unit for patients with C-diff, improving communication with GPs when patients receive antibiotics in hospital, targeted extra cleaning and the installation of a new IT system for advanced monitoring of data and patients.
"All this demonstrates the commitment of the trust as a whole to prevent and control infection."

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