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Exclusive: Doctors’ basic errors are killing 1,000 patients a month - Health News - Health & Families - The Independent
►http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/exclusive-doctors-basic-errors-are-killing-1000-patients-a-month-7939

Almost 12,000 patients are dying needlessly in NHS hospitals every year because of basic errors by medical staff, according to the largest and most detailed study into hospital deaths ever performed in the UK.

The researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and colleagues found something went wrong with the care of 13 per cent of the patients who died in hospitals. An error only caused death in 5.2 per cent of these – equivalent to 11,859 preventable deaths in hospitals in England.

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Les anglais sony sales // One in six mobile phones contain E coli | World news | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/13/mobile-phones-uk-e-coli

One in six UK mobile phones are contaminated with faecal bacteria due to poor personal hygiene, scientists have found.

Researchers said that 16% of the devices were contaminated with E coli, which can cause food poisoning, most probably because people fail to properly wash their hands after going to the toilet. The study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary, University of London, also found that Britons tend to lie about their personal hygiene.