Scottish hospital infections costing NHS more than £46million a year
dailyrecord.co.ukGet the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterScots scientists have calculated hospital infections are costing the health service more than £40million a year.Glasgow Caledonian University have calculated a cost of £46million a year for infections contracted by people while in Scots hospitals.Researchers found that 7,500 hospital patients or one in every hundred develop the infections, but that this is lower than previously estimated.In May the Record told of A cluster of 'unusual infections' has broken out at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital.Health bosses are investigating the discovery and any potential links to the hospital environment.NHS Grampian was taking "a very precautionary approach" to.
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