What Infection Screening is Done Before Surgery in the UK? A Patient Guide
What if the most vital step in your surgical journey happens days before you even enter the operating theatre? It is natural to feel anxious about…
What if the most vital step in your surgical journey happens days before you even enter the operating theatre? It is natural to feel anxious about…
Imagine receiving a phone call just forty-eight hours before your scheduled surgery, only to hear that your procedure is being postponed because your…
What if a positive MRSA result was actually a tool for a safer recovery rather than a reason for your procedure to be cancelled? Finding out you’re a…
What if the only thing standing between you and your long-awaited surgery date wasn’t the NHS backlog, but a simple screening result you didn’t see…
Did you know that approximately 2 in every 100 people in the UK carry MRSA on their skin without ever showing symptoms? If your pre-operative screen…
Did you know that MRSA bacteraemia rates in the UK increased by 29.5% in the last year alone? This sharp rise, the largest in over a decade, has made…
What if your path to the operating theatre didn’t require an extra trip to a crowded hospital waiting room? For many patients, securing a private…
Nearly a quarter of community-onset MRSA cases in the UK now occur in people under the age of 45, according to data from 2023 to 2024. It’s…
Did you know that community-acquired MRSA cases in the UK rose by 47% between 2019 and 2024? This shift means that even if you haven’t been in a…
Did you know that hospital-onset MRSA cases increased by 29.2% in March 2026 compared to the same month last year? While it’s easy to assume these…