NEAS Staff Scrub Up Well

NEAS is again supporting the NHS North East's award winning hand hygiene campaign as it is relaunched this week to encourage all healthcare workers, patients and visitors across the region's NHS to 'scrub up' well. The number of infections such as MRSA and Clostridium Difficile remain at an all time low in the north east, having reduced by 88% (MRSA) and 69% (Clostridium Difficile) since the original scrub up campaign launched in 2008. Despite this success, there is still a priority ...