Global Scenario of Bacteria, Infections, Antibiotics and Resistance- By Dr. A. J. Tamhankar (Research Associate: Sandeep Nerkar)

'Progress made' on Scottish hospital rooms-32% of all hospital beds in Scotland are now in single rooms; better and safer, it is said -BBC 

NHS pays out £25 million in compensation for hospital superbugs in five years, with a third going to lawyers - Mirror

Ireland – some of interest may be found in the yearly Report (2011), published recently by theHealth Protection Surveillance Centre - HPSC

When other drugs fail: New treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis that can be used as an alternative; FDA approves a new drug against MDR TB – bedaquilin - FDA, also observed in New York Times

CLABSI down throughsimple method – study in American Journal of Infection Control, cited now by Health Leaders Media

Hydrogen peroxide vapor demonstrated to work in reducing numbers of MDR bacteria in patient room surfaces, as well as transmission, at least of VRE – original study at Johns Hopkins, in Clinical Infectious Diseases, also in MNT

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