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The risk of contracting Alzheimer's disease may be increased for those who undergo surgery using instruments...
The importance of effective sterile services has been highlighted after a safety inspection led to the closure...
An NHS Trust has said it has a "robust plan" in place to protect against any possible occurrence of a tuberculosis...
A £2.6 million extension to the endoscopy and sterile services unit at Kettering General Hospital will open...
A new kind of sterile gel that can be used to treat wounds has been developed by scientists in China, offering...
The wound dressings market is set for extensive global growth over the 2017-2025 period, according to a new report. A...
Researchers at the Umea University, Sweden, have published two new studies that claim that the herpes simplex virus...
As the UK heads into the autumn months and the temperature begins to drop more people could start to feel under...
A scientist from Nottingham is to become the first in the country to successfully use a method of killing hospital...
NHS Trust bosses have announced that two of Shropshire's main hospitals have been free of the highly contagious...
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating its success in overcoming the MRSA bacteraemia (blood...
Global infrared and thermal imaging company Irisys, is set to showcase its new Smart Infection Prevention technology...
The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Team at both Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trusts have unveiled...
The increase in drug-resistant infections is as great a threat as global warming, the chief medical officer for England...
With 2012 drawing to a close, many people will be looking back on the major events that have occurred, and while...
Winter vomiting bug numbers have significantly increased in the in the past year, according to the latest figures...
A norovirus has been forcing the closure of a plethora of wards in hospitals around the UK, a new report has shown....
The rate in which Clostridium difficile (C.diff) can spread can be "fast and easy", according the results...
People suffering from the winter vomiting bug norovirus have been told to stay away from hospitals to avoid spreading...
A hospital in Scotland has been forced to close two wards after a number of patients were affected by a winter...
There are increasing calls for more studies on how hospital superbugs are transmitted through the air, experts...
Cases of MRSA are being spread by a common type of antibiotic, according to new research from the University of London....
The number of people dying after contracting MRSA or Clostridium difficile (C. Diff) has fallen, according to a new report.Figures...
A new facility which provides provisions for NHS Sterile Service Departments has been opened in Sheffield city...
Cases of Clostridium difficile (C diff) are set to be targeted, as a new antibiotic has been developed to tackle...
A bug that had been causing vomiting and diarrhoea at a hospital in Herefordshire has been contained by staff....
The summer is fast-approaching, and as the weather hots up, many people will be heading down to the local park...
A hospital in Crewe, Cheshire, has been hit with a suspected norovirus outbreak, forcing officials to restrict...
Cases of Legionnaires' disease are increasing in Scotland following an outbreak at a hospital in Edinburgh....
The risk of contracting MRSA or C.difficile infections in hospital is on the decline, according to the Health Protection...
As many hospitals across the UK are hit by norovirus outbreaks, a team in North Carolina believe they have found...