Nine Patients Affected By Outbreak Of MRSA At Noble’s Hospital
26th June 2015
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Nine patients have been infected by MRSA in an outbreak at Noble’s Hospital.

Ward 5 has been shut temporarily.

The patients and their relatives have been informed and assured that all the necessary precautions have been put in place.

The Department of Health and Social Care says that scrupulous hand hygiene by all staff and visitors and a high level of environmental cleanliness are essential measures for containing the bug, meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
A spokeman said: ‘Visitors to Noble’s Hospital and the island’s other health and social care facilities are reminded of the importance of good hand hygiene – particularly after using the toilet and before and after eating, entering a ward, and touching the person they are visiting – using sanitising hand gels where available.

‘A small number of patients currently affected are carrying MRSA rather than infected with it. They are showing no signs or symptoms of associated illness or infection.

‘Precautionary measures put in place will help contain any further spread.’

MRSA is a type of bacteria that is resistant to a number of commonly-used antibiotics.

This means MRSA infections can be more difficult to treat than other bacterial infections.

MRSA is usually spread through skin-to-skin contact with someone who has an MRSA infection or has the bacteria living on their skin.

The bacteria can also be spread through contact with contaminated objects such dressings, sheets and hard surfaces.

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