Link: Hospital Deep Cleans Under Way In NHS Superbug Fight |Sky News|Politics.
Later, while watching a deep clean at The Royal Free Hospital in London, Mr Johnson insisted the blitz did reduce infections – if it was used alongside other hygiene measures.
"Take the whole lot together and you will see a cleaner hospital, you’ll see much greater emphasis on cleanliness and infection control," he said.
"And you will see – as you have in this hospital – an almost 60% reduction in MRSA.
"So editorials in The Lancet are a second-order issue. It’s (about) how patients feel… (and) the actual results on the ground."
As part of a new blitz on superbugs, the Department of Health has also told hospitals to recruit more infection control specialists.
But the Conservatives warn extra staff are pointless unless hospitals have facilities to isolate infected patients.
And microbiologists say the Government still has not done enough to conquer the superbug.
So far, fewer than one third of hospital trusts have begun their deep clean.
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how and what are hospitals using to “deep clean” thier facility?