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A bug’s life

27 April 2005

Nursing Standard

Analysis

This article explains what methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is, how it is spread and what the real challenges are in healthcare settings in the UK....

Origin of the species

10 May 2005

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Feature

This article explains how antibiotic resistance occurs and how it has grown since the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940s. It charts the rise of MRSA infections...

On the offensive

06 September 2005

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Wipe it out

The government has a target of halving the number of MRSA bacteraemias by 2008. A rapid review panel is investigating new equipment, materials and products to boost...

Global virus alert

19 July 2005

Nursing Standard

General article

As recent events involving SARS and bird flu have shown, foreign travel can be a hazardous undertaking. The burden of disease is high with between 20 and 70 per cent...

Pipe down please

11 July 2006

Nursing Standard

Reflections

At the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London you can see not only Resurrection, a painting by the 16th-century Italian master Paolo Veronese, but also Allen...

Gut reaction

29 November 2005

Nursing Standard

Clinical digest

One in five people in the UK suffers an infectious intestinal disease (IID) each year. The most common sources are food, and person-to-person and animal-to-human...

Dangerous liaisons

30 August 2006

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Reflections

Having a duty of care implies a minimal ethical standard, but what are its limits? Do you have a duty of care towards patients with potentially lethal infectious...

Curtains hide risks to health and hygiene

16 July 2014

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Feature

Curtains around hospital beds can harbour pathogens that pose an infection risk to patients and staff. A recent study by researchers at a Nottingham hospital...

Laughter therapy

02 January 2007

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Reflections

Interviewer: ‘Has the stroke affected your marital relationship in any way?’ Mr Collins: ‘No, she runs faster than I do. I can’t catch her.’

Throw some light on the subject

09 January 2007

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Reflections

A recent spell of work at a major new NHS hospital convinced me that the architects must have conspired to exclude natural light from the building. Perhaps they were...

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