Soaring superbug cases in the UK

1000 Superbug victims a week according to the Health Protection Agency.

In the last 12 months there have been up to 56,000 reported cases of the Clostridium Difficile (known as CDiff) superbug in Britains hospitals. This is the strain of virus that many believe can be eradicated by a more effective, basic level of hygiene. The figures were released in a report by the Health Protection Agency.

The true scale of the problem suggests that the numbers could run into hundreds of thousands of related bug infections because the recently release statistics only cover the over 65 age groups.

The cause of the infection very often is thought to come from unclean bedding or unwashed hands which spread the virus. The bug is now thought to be a bigger killer than the MRSA bug that for years has been the most commonly encountered infection in the health system. The Health Commission recently issued a report that blamed unreasonable targets and low budgets for the spread of hospital infections. The bed occupancy rates and quick turnaround of patients is resulting in staff not having sufficient time to prepare for the next patient. The situation, according to Patient Concern is getting out of control.

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