MRSA control expert to visit Ireland

A DOCTOR who has succeeded in reducing the rate of MRSA bloodstream infection by 60% in the largest health trust in Wales is to travel to Ireland to explain the secret of his success.

MRSA control expert to visit Ireland

Dr Ian Hosein, director of infection control at the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, said he applied business management theory to control infection rates of the potentially fatal superbug.

"Rather than just looking at the technical aspect of the bug, I looked at the human behaviour aspects. I could see that while you could tell people till the cows come home about the bug, unless you could change the behaviour that helped it spread, you wouldn't succeed," he said.

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