Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Gets “Unclean” Report from NHS
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, one of Scotland’s biggest hospitals, was ordered to make urgent amendments to the facilities after an inspection revealed that there was a lack of infection control and that cleanliness was “poor”.
The report was published yesterday revealing that Aberdeen Royal Infirmary was covered in dust and stains and spills were all over the walls and ceilings. Dirty toilets and corridors also lead to the shocking report.
The report indicated that hospital staff was not following basic hygiene measures to control infection and the spreading of infectious diseases. Additionally patients’ beds were found to be moved to close to one another, which further increases infection spreading.
Earlier in the year, numbers showed that the hospital had had 36 deaths on record, all due to Clostridium difficult in the year 2008. This was the highest number recorded in a hospital in Scotland. Also, patients who should have been isolated had not been according to procedure.
A spokesperson for Labour health, Jackie Baillie, announced that health representatives were disappointed with the obvious lack of cleanliness and hygiene. She continued saying that the patients and families of those patients have a right to clean, safe treatment, and the opportunity to heal in sterile environment.
The report, which is the second one published for this hospital, found a myriad of examples in which the hospital was not following standard codes and procedures. The current expectations for hospital cleanliness were recently updated five years ago by the NHS.
Officials while inspecting the hospital also found contaminated linens which had been left dirty in a corridor, as well as blood transfusion bags which were unsuitably stored in the improper ward. Nicola Sturgeon, the Health Secretary, said that the report was hard to read and she said that it was expected that NHS Grampian would look to quickly implement the recommended improvements.
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