Little progress has been made in combating hospital infections.

Looks at the treatment of hospital-acquired infections in Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS). Details of a critical report by the Great Britain's House of Commons, which suggest that hospitals have not taken sufficient actions to prevent hospital-acquired infections; View of legislators that too much effort has been given to treating methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), with insufficient attention given to other infections; Critique of current infection-control policies and practices.