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GB 249 OEDA/E/2/6/5
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Re MRSA outbreaks in British hospitals, 2003
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- 1999-2007 (Creation)
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2 folders
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From an envelope inscribed 'MRSA. | (C-Diff)'
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Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) and press cuttings re the threat posed by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. Includes:
- OEDA mailshot, May 2003, encouraging c.60 MPs to raise the point that the UK had the highest incidence of MRSA in Europe in the upcoming parliamentary debate
- correspondence with BBC contacts and with Microgenix Ltd, air purification experts
- copy of National Audit Office’s report (February 2000) ‘The management and control of hospital acquired infection in acute NHS trusts in England’
- press coverage on MRSA (in the UK) 1999-2007
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Restricted in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 1998.
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- English