Call for hygiene tzar to tackle hospital super bugs

A national ’hygiene tzar’ is needed to clean up hospitals and stop patients picking up infections like MRSA, an Oireachtas Committee heard today.

Thu, 02 Mar, 2006 - 12:57

A national ’hygiene tzar’ is needed to clean up hospitals and stop patients picking up infections like MRSA, an Oireachtas Committee heard today.

Officials from the Health Department and Health Service Executive today discussed the issue with the Oireachtas Health Committee.

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