Focus: Infection Control

Oxfordshire artists 'angry and disappointed' after wood carvings are rejected by hospital

Carvings failed to meet stringent infection control standards


Wood carvers have been left disappointed after a hospital refused to display their masterpiece because it failed to meet stringent infection control standards, according to an article on the Oxford Time website.

The John Radcliffe Hospital declined an offer to put up intricate panels that were etched into lime wood almost a decade ago, and gifted to Oxfordshire County Council as part of a competition.

The council left the carvings in storage for years after they were donated in 2007, before asking the Headington, U.K., hospital this year if it would display them.

Oxford University Hospitals arts adviser Ruth Charity said they were "regrettably" unsuitable for display, adding: "We had to decline them as they did not meet the stringent infection control standards that all artworks displayed at our hospitals must meet."

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October 6, 2016


Topic Area: Infection Control


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