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Article: Hospital bed occupancy in Lothians second highest in country
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- May 14, 2007
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WARD beds in Lothian hospitals have the second highest occupancy
rate in Scotland, according to new figures.
Nursing leaders said it is important to keep the number of
occupied beds at a "safe and appropriate" level.
Studies have suggested lower occupancy rates can help prevent the
spread of hospital "superbugs", such as MRSA. In the Lothians, bed
occupancy rates for acute specialities are running at 86.2 per cent -
a near-five percentage point rise since 1998.
However, the rate of superbug infections has remained stable for
the last five years. Royal College of Nursing ...