HOSPITAL staff across the country are to follow Bolton's lead in tackling infections.
Hand rubs for doctors and nurses will be placed next to every patient in every hospital by next April, after research showed that handwashing can reduce infection by up to 50 per cent.
Am I the only one to wonder why such basic hygiene appears to have fallen by the wayside?
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