It was evident from the audits that there is a significant amount of work being undertaken within hospitals to improve hygiene standards but the results highlight the breadth of work still to be undertaken.
The overall results do not significantly vary between small, medium and large hospitals.
There appears to be little sharing of information and best practice between hospitals and in some cases trials are replicated on several sites.
There was a general lack of consistency in approach and methodology across a number of elements - e.g. waste segregation, colour coding etc. at both a hospital and national level.