Scots consider plans for hospital bed IT system

13 Jan 2009

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The hospital bed system was pioneered in Aberdeen

The Scottish government is considering Tory demands to fund the expansion of a computer-based individual bed administration scheme pioneered in Aberdeen across Scotland in a bid to curb MRSA, C.difficile and other hospital-acquired infections.

The plan is one of a series of proposals put forward by the Scottish Conservative Party as a condition for support for the 2009 budget introduced by the minority Scottish National Party Edinburgh administration headed by first minister Alex Salmond.

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