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Saturday, 17th May 2008

Hospital superbugs

Superbug victims get green light to sue NHS SCOTLAND'S health service could be hit by compensation claims for millions of pounds after a judge yesterday refused to throw out a raft of damages actions over the hospital superbug MRSA.

Ventilator superbug resistant to antibiotics HOSPITALS face a dangerous new superbug threat in the form of a drug-resistant microbe that clings to catheters and ventilation tubes.

Hospital cleaning 'can help superbug' THE MRSA superbug is capable of building up resistance to disinfectants and antiseptics being used in hospitals to fight the bacteria, a new study has found.

Bandages to help fight MRSA STITCHES and dressings laced with bacteria-killing viruses could help stop the spread of superbug MRSA in operating theatres, scientists said today.

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