Now wash your hands

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The National Audit Office has published a book, Challenge of Hospital Acquired Infection, which stresses that hand hygiene effectively prevents infections and asks all health workers receive training in this important aspect of health care and prevention of the death of patients.

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Minimum age limit for training to be scrapped

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The removal of minimum age requirement for joining pre-registration nursing courses and midwifery training remains a cause for concern. Senior nurses feel recruits might be too young both emotionally and psychologically to handle the realities of the profession.

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Nurses angry over implied collusion on statements

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Nurses were angered by accusations that they improperly tailored their evidence in the murder case of Victoria Climbie in the United Kingdom. The nurses are testifying in the public probe of the murder.

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