18 June 2009
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust has been given
a clean bill of health by the Care Quality Commission after
rigorous inspection of its infection control procedures.
The Care Quality Commission inspected hospitals within the Trust
on 13 May 2009 and found no areas for concern.
Christine Perry, Assistant Chief Nurse and Director of Infection
Prevention and Control, said:
We are pleased with the findings of the Care Quality Commission,
however any healthcare associated infection is unacceptable to the
Trust and we are working hard to minimise them in all of our
hospitals.
We have taken a number of proactive measures to deal with these
infections across the Trust, such as recruiting additional cleaning
teams, implementing hydrogen peroxide vapour decontamination and
tightening up on antibiotic prescribing.
The Trust will continue to take steps to eradicate preventable
healthcare associated infection in its hospitals.
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Media contact: Laura Treasure, Press Officer or the press
office, on 0117 342 3629.
Notes to editors:
About University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
The Trust runs the Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol General
Hospital, Bristol Homeopathic Hospital, Bristol Haematology and
Oncology Centre, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol Royal
Infirmary, St Michaels Hospital, the University of Bristol Dental
Hospital, and the Central Health Clinic.
The Trusts 7,500 staff offer more than 100 different clinical
services. From the neonatal intensive care unit to care of the
elderly, it offers care to the people of Bristol and the South West
from the very beginning of life to its later stages. Trust staff
have developed leading edge services such as cardiac surgery and
bone marrow transplantation that have built an international
reputation and are in demand by patients from across the
country.
With strong links to the University of Bristol and University of
West of England, the Trust is the major medical research centre in
the region. These academic links make the Trust the largest centre
for medical training in the South West, attracting the highest
calibre clinical staff from across the UK.
