Earlier this year an independent investigation found staff at Tameside General Hospital had failed to give elderly patients basic care including food, water and hygiene.
Coroner John Pollard branded the treatment of four elderly people as `despicable and chaotic', prompting the relatives of 200 people treated at the hospital to form a pressure group.
A team from government watchdog the Healthcare Commission, who made an unannounced visit to the hospital on July 11, say they were taking the right steps to tackle superbugs like MRSA and C. difficile.
It is the first of the new hygiene inspections in the north west and the first time officials found no shortfalls and made no recommendations for change.
David Heyes, MP for Ashton under Lyne, who raised the problems at the hospital in the House of Commons, said: "We have all got to be very pleased about the findings given the history of the problems in the past."
A hospital spokesman said: "We are delighted to have received this endorsement from the Healthcare Commission." Tweet
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Not before time. These hospitals need a shake up. A couple of years ago an elderly neighbour of mine was taken into hospital. I visited her on a ward of four beds. She was lay there partially covered, had no idea where she was and not a nurse in sight, the way she was left in bed was meant any dignity she had was lost. I asked a ward auxilliary for a cup of tea for her it never arrived. There was a cold cup of tea on her locker which had obviously been stood there for a long time. She was eventually moved to another side ward where she sadly died. I went to visit her on the side ward, as I was unsure where she was I asked at the nurses station and I was directed to her room. It was only later that evening when I called her daughter that she asked me had they said I needed to wear a gown etc as she had contracted MRSA. I neither washed my hands on entering that room or on leaving as I had not been made aware of the condition and there were no notices either in the room or on the door. I could have had infirm friends or family to whom that could have been passed. The hospital in question was the MRI Manchester I hope to god I never need to be admitted there and receive the same treatment my sadly departed friend did.