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Now wash your hands

Article Abstract:

The National Audit Office has published a book, Challenge of Hospital Acquired Infection, which stresses that hand hygiene effectively prevents infections and asks all health workers receive training in this important aspect of health care and prevention of the death of patients.

Author: Akid, Matthew
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2001
General services, Infection, Prevention, Company systems management, Information management, Works, United Kingdom. National Audit Office, Hygiene, Challenge of Hospital Acquired Infection (Book), Infection control

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Minimum age limit for training to be scrapped

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The removal of minimum age requirement for joining pre-registration nursing courses and midwifery training remains a cause for concern. Senior nurses feel recruits might be too young both emotionally and psychologically to handle the realities of the profession.

Author: Vere-Jones, Emma
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2007
Psychological aspects, Study and teaching, Nursing and Midwifery Council

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Nurses angry over implied collusion on statements

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Nurses were angered by accusations that they improperly tailored their evidence in the murder case of Victoria Climbie in the United Kingdom. The nurses are testifying in the public probe of the murder.

Author: Akid, Matthew
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2001
Company legal issue, Cases, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Murder, Climbie, Victoria, Death of

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Subjects list: United Kingdom, Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Nurses, Training, Nursing
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