Hospital scores better marks for hygiene

CONSIDERABLE improvements have been made in relation to hygiene at one of the hospitals assessed in the first two individual hospital hygiene quality reports by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).

The authority’s latest series of randomised, unannounced monitoring assessments focused specifically on the day-to-day delivery of hygiene services and, in particular, cleanliness, hand hygiene and waste and linen management practices.

St Columcille’s Hospital in Dublin was found to have made “considerable improvements” in the delivery of hygiene services, when compared with 2008.