 A "small outbreak" of 11 C.diff cases was dealt with this month |
Two MPs have met the new chairman of the NHS trust at the centre of a fatal superbug outbreak to discuss progress. Ninety people died from the clostridium difficile infection at three hospitals run by the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust between 2005 and 2006.
The trust said it had also dealt with a small outbreak of 11 cases this month.
Greg Clark, the MP for Tunbridge Wells, and Tonbridge and Malling MP Sir John Stanley said they wanted reassurance that standards had improved.
The two MPs were meeting trust chairman George Jenkins.
Issues being discussed included infection control, the trust's board, management appointments, and the building of the �225m Pembury Hospital.
'Zero tolerance'
The MPs also met Dr Sara Mumford, the new infection prevention and control director at the trust.
Mr Clark said: "It's a good step that they now have in place a director of infection control - I thought she seemed impressive.
"She's an experienced doctor. She's experienced in infection control, and she reassured us that the outbreak has been brought under control."
Mr Clark said there were "steps still to be taken", such as replacing old curtains dividing beds with disposable paper curtains.
On Thursday, Dr Mumford said cleanliness had improved "enormously".
She also said she wanted to "build on the excellent work already done in bringing the [Maidstone] hospital up to a much higher standard than it was".
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