90 Deaths in Bug Blunder ; 'Significant Failings' at Hospital Blamed

Evening Gazette › October 15, 2007

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HOSPITAL mismanagement of Clostridium difficile was blamed for 90 deaths in a damning report released today.

Significant failings at all levels contributed to more than 1,000 patients being infected with the bug across three hospitals run by one NHS trust, a Healthcare Commission study found.

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90 Deaths in Bug Blunder ; 'Significant Failings' at Hospital Blamed

A total of 345 patients died while infected with C diff, of whom 21 definitely died fr...

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