Hygiene standards cause concern in Scottish hospital
November 11, 2009
A recent visit to Stirling Royal Infirmary by a team from the newly set up Healthcare Environment Inspectorate found a number of areas in the hospital which did not come up to reasonable standards of cleanliness. The independent body was set up by the Scottish Government last April and its purpose is to check health care establishments such as hospitals for threats from bugs like MRSA.
The team said that their scheduled visit to Stirling Royal Infirmary uncovered some areas where the levels of cleanliness were a cause for concern. It said that overall the hospital appeared to be reasonably clean but that on closer examination one of the wards had dusty corners. The team also observed cobwebs, dirty toilet seats and a lack of waste bins. They said that the reception area for outpatients was not as clean as it could be with dirty toilet facilities and stained carpets which appeared to be held together with sticky-tape.
The report did point out that patients at the hospital thought that hygiene standards were of a high quality and that all those interviewed said that they only had praise for hospital staff.
Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish health secretary said that the new independent body for inspecting hospitals will mean that the public can now have increased confidence that should they need treatment they will get it in places that have been rigorously inspected.
Commenting on the Stirling Royal Infirmary report a spokeswoman said that although there were areas for improvement there was recognition that the hospital was continuing to develop good practices.
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