Five Mersey hospitals fail to start deep clean against MRSA - Liverpool Daily Post - 9th January 2008

FIVE hospital trusts in the region are yet to start a “deep clean” to stamp out deadly superbugs, with a deadline just weeks away. In September, Gordon Brown ordered all hospitals to bleach and steam clean ceilings, walls, radiators, equipment, lifts and furnishings in a new drive against MRSA and Clostridium difficile. The process, which must be completed by the end of March, can take several months, because it involves moving patients to different bays, or even closing entire wards.

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