Surgeons have called for hospital patients to have access to better information in order to drive down infection rates.
The Royal College of Surgeons wants hospitals to publish bed occupancy levels on a ward-by-ward basis. They should also screen all patients for infections and improve staff to patient ratios, a new policy document states.
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