'Shabby' Hospital at Heart of Outbreak That Claimed 18 Lives

Daily MailAugust 08, 2008

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A CATALOGUE of errors including poor hygiene and a lack of leadership lay behind Scotland's worst C.diff outbreak, an official report revealed yesterday.

An independent review - described as 'disturbing reading' by Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon - uncovered a series of failures that hastened the spread of the infection.

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'Shabby' Hospital at Heart of Outbreak That Claimed 18 Lives

Sufferers were not isolated from other patients because of a lack of 'appropriate facilities', described as a 'major limitation'.

Knowledge of infection wa...

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