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Five MRSA cases at Greater Manchester hospitals over seven months treated as 'serious incident'

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Salford Royal and one case was identified within the Royal Oldham Hospital in September 2020. About two in every 100 people carry MRSA, mostly harmlessly in their nose or on their skin, but most do not develop bacteraemia – a blood stream infection.Infections like MRSA are less common now in the NHS due to the increased focus on screening, cleanliness and appropriate antibiotic prescribing.Northern Care Alliance (NCA), the NHS group which runs hospitals and other services in Salford, Oldham, Rochdale and Bury, takes a 'zero tolerance' approach to MRSA and 'thorough investigations' have been taking place.Chief nursing officer Libby McManus explained that each of the cases involved 'complex' patients with underlying health problems who.

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