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From: vanessa <qwerty1234567a@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "GUIDE CHAT" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:52:20 +0100
Hospitals hit by a vermin invasion: Rats, mice and cockroaches 'putting 
patients at risk'
By DANIEL MARTIN
PUBLISHED: 00:08, 10 April 2012 | UPDATED: 06:50, 10 April 2012
  
NHS hospitals have to call in pest controllers hundreds of times a year to deal 
with infestations of vermin, putting patients at risk of disease and infection.
A survey of hospitals in England found many were continually plagued by pests 
such as rats, mice, ants, silverfish, cockroaches and fleas.
There have been cases of rats in a palliative care ward, mice in a children?s 
nursery, fleas and cockroaches in maternity units, and wards infested with 
bedbugs.

Accused: Jason Ketley, 42, was bitten on his back and neck at St Ebba¿s 
Hospital in Epsom, Surrey. Staff say a field mouse was responsible for his 
injuries
The incidents have taken place in all areas of hospitals, from intensive care 
wards and A&E departments to staff rooms and canteens. Some hospitals have had 
more unusual complaints, reporting problems with squirrels, foxes and birds.
 
NHS spends £23m a year on translators: Costs rise as hospitals cater for 120 
languages
NHS crisis should be tackled by cutting waste rather than staff, say experts
The details, obtained by Freedom of Information requests, will raise concerns 
that cleanliness is still a major issue at a number of NHS trusts. Vermin can 
carry infections that can put patients? recovery at risk. 
While cases of MRSA and C.difficile have fallen after a nationwide campaign, 
there are concerns that some other infections are on the increase.

Disgrace
The survey comes only weeks after a vulnerable patient claimed he was attacked 
by a rat as he lay sedated in a hospital bed.
Jason Ketley, 42, was bitten on his back and neck at St Ebba?s Hospital in 
Epsom, Surrey. Staff say a field mouse was responsible for his injuries.
Last night Professor Mark Enright, an infection control expert at AmpliPhi 
Biosciences, said: ?This is scandalous and should not be happening in modern 
hospitals. It points to a lack of general hygiene.
?Rats can carry infections such as Weil?s disease, which can be passed on to 
healthcare workers and patients.

Vermin: A picture taken at the Old Building at the Bristol Royal Infirmary 
(BRI) in 2004
?If someone is in an intensive care or paediatric ward, they are more 
susceptible to infection.?
Roger Goss, co-director of the campaign group Patient Concern, said: ?It is 
terrifying and it shows that the rhetoric about patient safety being the number 
one priority is often little more than hollow words.
?You?d have thought this kind of problem would not be allowed to arise because 
cleaning systems are so continuous and efficient.
?But instead there is a question of priorities. If you?ve got targets to treat 
everyone in A&E within four hours, then this kind of thing is unglamorous by 
comparison and doesn?t happen.
?There is no target to avoid rats in palliative care units, so it does not 
happen. The message to patients should simply be: steer clear of hospitals.?
The survey covers hundreds of pest control call-outs between August and 
January, with details provided by more than 40 trusts. All hospitals have some 
type of contract with a pest-control firm, either for routine checks or for 
emergencies.


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