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Hospital chiefs have failed to hit their targets in reducing the number of cases of the potentially fatal superbug MRSA.
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Conquest and Eastbourne DGH, saw 53 cases, more than double its target of 24, between April last year and March.But bosses said they had introduced a range of measures in a bid to tackle MRSA cases
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and control infections.Tina Lloyd, the trust’s lead Infection control nurse, said: "Infection control and patient safety is a priority for us.
"A number of new measures have been introduced including the introduction of a specialist intravenous team, regular monitoring of hand hygiene, patient empowerment posters at the bedside to encourage patients to challenge doctors and nurses about their hand hygiene and the appointment of a new antibiotic pharmacist who specialises in the treatment of infection.
