4 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the measures he will introduce to reduce the threat to the lives of hospital patients from the super bug MRSA; his views on whether a key cause of the spread of infection in hospital patients is the overcrowding in hospitals and the lack of separate facilities for infectious patients; the measures he proposes to introduce to control the use of antibiotics; the measures he proposes to introduce to educate the public to use antibiotics properly; the programmes in place for the training of hospital staff; if he will introduce educational programmes for all health care workers on infection control; if he will establish a network of laboratories around the State to monitor infection by drug resistant microbes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19449/01]

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4 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the measures he will introduce to reduce the threat to the lives of hospital patients from the super bug MRSA; his views on whether a key cause of the spread of infection in hospital patients is the overcrowding in hospitals and the lack of separate facilities for infectious patients; the measures he proposes to introduce to control the use of antibiotics; the measures he proposes to introduce to educate the public to use antibiotics properly; the programmes in place for the training of hospital staff; if he will introduce educational programmes for all health care workers on infection control; if he will establish a network of laboratories around the State to monitor infection by drug resistant microbes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19449/01]

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