Hospitals pass cleanliness test

Nurses play a crutial role in hospital cleanliness

All of Scotland's major hospitals have passed a crucial cleanliness test for the first time.

A recent quarterly cleanliness audit has found that all hospitals and 14 health boards covered achieved a minimum 90% compliance rating.

In the previous quarter, the board responsible for Carstairs state hospital failed to reach the grade.

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley also failed to meet cleanliness standards.

This time, however, all achieved an average score of 95.4%.

Peter Kingsmore, director of Health Facilities Scotland - which carried out the audit - said: "This most recent report demonstrates that the system is having a positive impact and helping NHS boards and hospitals to achieve the highest standards of cleanliness."