UK launches plan to beat hospital "superbugs"

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Posted on: Monday, November 22, 1999

UK launches plan to beat hospital "superbugs"
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From London - British health officials have announced plans to set new hygiene standards for hospitals to combat the spread of so-called "superbugs."

According to the Department of Health, the new guidelines are aimed at fighting hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, which are resistant to some antibiotics.

"Elderly people, the very young and those who have had major operations can all find themselves seriously ill as a result of these bugs" said junior health minister John Denham.

Infections like MRSA have been dubbed "superbugs" because of their resistance to some antibiotics.

In the United States, doctors estimate as many as 70 percent of the bacteria in infections people acquire in hospitals are now resistant to at least one antibiotic.

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