Hygiene action plan at St Luke's Hospital

Date: 
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

By: 
Aisling Hurley

A MORE stringent hygiene plan has been put into operation at St Luke's General Hospital following the results of an inspection carried out last month.
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) report found that standards of hygiene in a number of areas in the hospital had lapsed since last year's inspection.
General Manager of St Luke's, Ms Anne Slattery, said that the results were disappointing but that they would be addressed as a matter of urgency.
She said that the Health Service Executive (HSE) fully accepted the findings in the report and were taking the issues raised extremely seriously.