Summary
The number of patients who contracted a potentially fatal superbug has increased at four out of five Westcountry NHS hospital trusts.
The annual number of recorded clostridium difficile (C. diff) cases rose at rates above the national average - eight per cent - at NHS hospital trusts in Cornwall, Plymouth, South Devon and North Devon.See the full content of this document
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Superbug Rise in Hospitals
But at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Trust, which had the third highest rate of C. diff cases in 2005, the number of incidents decreased by 70 per cent - thanks to a pioneering "joined-up" infection control sys...
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