Some of the "cleanest" hospitals have the highest rates of superbug infection, a survey has revealed.

All 40 hospitals with the worst rates of MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) were classed as either green or amber under the government's traffic-light grading system for hospital cleanliness.

None received the red rating, which would have indicated they needed to improve.

An estimated 5,000 people die from hospital -acquired infections such as MRSA each year.

The Liberal Democrats looked at 20 specialist and 20 acute hospitals with the highest rates of infection of MRSA.

Twenty-eight were classified as green and 12 as amber.

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