File 5 - Re MRSA outbreaks in British hospitals, 2003

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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

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