Question reference: S6W-00894
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 18 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 July 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether Ministers are notified of deaths due to hospital-acquired infections.
Answer
Ministers are not notified of every patient death by suspected hospital acquired infection. However, Ministers are routinely notified of incidents of hospital infection outbreaks (involving two or more patients) with management information regarding the organism of infection, number of patients involved in the outbreak, investigations and any suspected deaths associated with the outbreak.