Emergency departments' infection control standards have 'slipped'

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By Storm Newton, PA Media

Hospital emergency departments in the UK have been urged to return infection prevention and control to the “top of their agendas” or risk putting patients’ lives at risk, after a report revealed standards have slipped since the pandemic.

It warned that both staff and patients are still at risk from contracting Covid-19 and called on healthcare workers to get vaccinated against the virus, as well as getting their flu jabs.