Hospital receives excellent cleanliness rating
Thursday 28th August 2008
A London hospital has been praised in terms of its level of cleanliness, it has emerged.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, which is run by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, was one of a number of medical institutions inspected recently by a team of NHS staff and patient representatives.
The group was examining infection control, cleaning procedures and the general patient environment, the London Informer reports.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital was among a minority (19 per cent) of facilities which achieved a rating of excellent, people with UK medical jobs may be interested to discover.
Fellow London medical centres Charing Cross Hospital, St Marys and the Royal Brompton were rated as good.
In other hospital cleanliness news, research conducted recently by doctors in Plymouth found that the screening of patients for superbugs before they undergo surgery can significantly reduce infection rates, the Plymouth Evening Herald reported.
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