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A £2 million investment in replacement uniforms for Tayside nurses and a new laundry machine will help tackle MRSA and other hospital acquired infections, writes Marjory Inglis, medical reporter.
Today, top Tayside nurse Lesley Summerhill said all nurses in Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital and Perth Royal Infirmary are being supplied with new uniforms, which are to be washed in the hospital laundry and there was no need for the uniforms to be taken home for cleaning.Mrs Summerhill, director of nursing at NHS Tayside acute services division responsible for Ninewells and PRI, was speaking on the day the nurses professional organisation launched a campaign to tackle MRSA and other infections, highlighting “major reforms” necessary across the UK.
She made clear her organisation was “ahead of the game” and already tackling the issues highlighted by the national campaign today.
