You won't find old dirty desk in the NHS [BT broadband office]

You won't find old dirty desk in the NHS

Posted 8 May 2008 at 8:17AM by Hannah Gilchrist in Hints and tips

Someone was obviously listening to that health report from Which? Computing. The NHS are now taking things into their own hands and introducing 7,500 infection-resistant keyboards in hospitals across England.

According to University College London Hospital the new technology can cut bacteria levels by 70% if they are properly cleaned every 12 hours.

So should everyone be getting in on the act? Or just start washing their hands?

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1. At May 8, 2008 9:23 AM, 'Razor' Ramone wrote:

"...the new technology can cut bacteria levels by 70% if they are properly cleaned every 12 hours."

I'm fairly certain the same could be said for ANY object you care to mention, if you're comparing it to not cleaning the object at all. Since there is no basis for comparison here, let's assume it's excessively biased.

2. At May 8, 2008 9:26 AM, J G Dawson wrote:

Cut out the keyboard - it's voice operation for me from now on...

3. At May 8, 2008 10:34 AM, The Big Show wrote:

Infection resistant keyboards? What, are they coated in Savlon or something?

4. At May 8, 2008 11:16 AM, Jennifer wrote:

Maybe the NHS should stop wasting money on keyboards and spend more on cleaning the parts of the hospital the patients see. My husband was admitted to our hospital through A & E over the bank holiday - the toilets were filthy, I had to demand that they be cleaned, the shower on the ward was dirty, with mould on the shower curtain and despite the anti-bac spray on the foot of every bed, not one member of staff used it when they came to him, they didn't even use gloves when cleaning blood from him. Anti-bacterial keyboards really aren't much use when the patients are subjected to constant filth.

5. At May 8, 2008 1:01 PM, GS wrote:

They should start using the rollable water-proof keyboards that you can put through your dishwasher to clean... only £30~£40 and all you need is to put them in a dishwasher everynight, takes a bit of getting used to for typing as the keys dont have the same resistance when pressed... but apart from that there great. Can even roll them up and shove them in a drawer when not needed!

6. At May 8, 2008 2:36 PM, Chris Sabin wrote:

"Maybe the NHS should stop wasting money on keyboards and spend more on cleaning the parts of the hospital the patients see"

I have had the unfortune of visiting several different hospitals over the last 6 months due to lung collapses. I could have a different story from what jennifer had as where i was very often cleaned and the nurses always wore gloves or cleaned their hands.

This is a good step forward if adhered to.

The new plans for the new glasgow hospital mean everybody gets their own room to try and combat MRSA. Thats another positive step.

7. At May 8, 2008 3:40 PM, Quincy MD wrote:

NHS Hsopitals went downhill when all cleaning duties for hospitals were privatised and offered out to tender to outside contractors.

So what happens, cheapest wins and the cleaning crews are shoddy at best.

My mum is a nurse and used to work th wards, she always said that hospitals were always cleanest when it was hospital staff that were doing the cleaning.

This can be blamed on the hospital boards and also on the governments that made it the way it is (not just labour but this dates back to Thatchers days...yes her legacy lives on in the way she done this country up like a kipper!)

I'd rather be treated by Dr Nick Riviera in a McDonalds bathroom, it is probably cleaner than a lot of hospitals!!!

8. At May 8, 2008 8:30 PM, david wrote:

In a day and age with so much Health and Safety law I find it astounding that doctors are not disciplined when failing to wash their hands. Surely Doctor's would prefer not to spread disease????????????

9. At May 11, 2008 6:13 PM, Tanvir wrote:

The health and safety only applies to small businesses like ours I guess David!! If we were in breach of Health & Safety, you'd have a knock on the door in no time. The government on the other hand wants to Save and Save and who is there to challange!

10. At May 13, 2008 12:04 PM, Thomas Grewar wrote:

As a working person, I do not mind paying taxes, as I know they are needed to pay for vital services that we use, but it is schemes like this which really annoy's me as I am not giving away good money to the goverment for nothing.

I am alway's hearing stories on the news about how people can't get vital life saving drugs for one disease, illness or other virus, because of it's cost, but the NHS has money to waste on 7,500 Keyboards? They don't even publish the cost!

- Thom Grew

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