Reducing HCAI’s Conference: A journey to zero tolerance

Reducing HCAI’s Conference: A journey to zero tolerance

As the trust strives to reduce infection rates, one of the most insidious pockets of resistance is the hospital bedding. Live organisms harvested from a typical hospital pillow include MRSA, C Difficile, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and many more. Coming into intimate...
Pillow aims to halt spread of superbugs

Pillow aims to halt spread of superbugs

Gabriel Scientific has invented a pillow that may help to reduce the risk of picking up a hospital-acquired infection (HAI) such as MRSA from lying on contaminated bedding. Gabriel Scientific’s “SleepAngel” pillow was the subject of a clinical trial by Barts and the...