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Killer bug in Watford baby unit
(28 August 2008 - Hemel Hempstead Today)
An outbreak of the killer bug MRSA was discovered in the special care baby unit at Watford General Hospital.
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Hospital warns of superbug battle
(27 August 2008 - Sheffield Telegraph)
HOSPITALS in Doncaster, Mexborough and Bassetlaw could suffer double the number of clostridium difficile cases by the end of the year.
The trust which runs the Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Mexborough's Montagu Hospital and Bassetlaw Hospital in neighbouring Worksop, fears it could see nearly 300 C diff cases - almost twice last year's 166.
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New developments in fight against bird flu
(19 August 2008 - Meat Trades Journal)
UK scientists are developing a portable testing machine, which they claim will detect cases of bird flu in two hours.
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Call for ban on superbug gels in hospitals
(17 August 2008 - Scotland on Sunday)
ONE of Scotland's most senior doctors has called for alcohol gel hand-rubs to be removed from hospitals because they are ineffective against the deadly C diff superbug.
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Village's vomiting virus outbreak
(15 August 2008 - BBC News)
An outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting in a village on the north coast of Cornwall is being investigated by health and environment authorities.
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More than 80 pct of Indonesia bird flu cases die
(14 August 2008 - Reuters News Agency)
Reuters) - Late diagnosis and treatment means that more than 80 percent of people infected with H5N1 avian influenza in Indonesia have died, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Man campaigns for masks after wife’s MRSA
(13 August 2008 - Lampeter Today)
A LAMPETER man is calling for all doctors and nurses to be forced to wear facial masks to prevent infec-tions, after his wife was struck down by a hospital ‘superbug’.
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NHS: Dirty hospitals face hygiene crackdown
(12 August 2008 - The Guardian)
NHS hospitals will be denied a licence to treat patients if they fail to maintain standards of hygiene over the next eight months, under a new inspection regime disclosed yesterday to the Guardian.
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MRSA Action UK - The Threat from Superbugs in our food
(11 August 2008 - Politics.co.uk )
The issue of Superbugs in our Hospitals and in our Community has far reaching consequences for not only today’s generations, but more importantly for future generations who will have to live with our inaction on this subject.
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Greatest threat to Britain is a flu pandemic that could kill 750,000, warns Government report
(08 August 2008 - Daily Mail)
The greatest threat facing Britain is a flu pandemic that could kill 750,000 people, a Government report will warn today.
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