Fewer patients are becoming infected with the MRSA superbug at the main hospitals in Leeds. Official figures show the number of infections at St James's and the Leeds General Infirmary are 20% lower than a year ago.
A total of 84 people were infected with the potential killer bacteria between April and September 2005.
In the same period in 2004, the total was 101 infections, the figures from the Department of Health reveal.
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust say the figures put them on course to meet targets which require them to cut the number of bloodstream infections by 60% by 2008.
The cut in MRSA rates is being put down to better hospital hygiene measures, including the use of alcohol-based hand washes.
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