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25/07/2007
Belfast hospital closes unit due to infection
Belfast City Hospital officials have said that the closure of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is the result of two patients contracting a multi-resistant bacterial infection.
A statement from the City Hospital last night said the unit should re-open under the guidance of the hospital’s Infection Control Team within the next 36 hours.
The ICU has been closed to new admissions with emergency patients being treated in the hospital’s High Dependency Unit.
Consultant medical microbiologist at the hospital, Dr Ann Loughrey, said that a deep clean is now under way in the unit and that an investigation into how the patients contracted the infection will take place.
Dr Loughrey also said that the ‘acinetobacter’ bacteria were present in both outdoor and indoor healthcare premises and are among the many organisms which can affect vulnerable patients in the intensive care unit.
The two infected patients are now being treated in isolation on other wards.
(SB/SP)
A statement from the City Hospital last night said the unit should re-open under the guidance of the hospital’s Infection Control Team within the next 36 hours.
The ICU has been closed to new admissions with emergency patients being treated in the hospital’s High Dependency Unit.
Consultant medical microbiologist at the hospital, Dr Ann Loughrey, said that a deep clean is now under way in the unit and that an investigation into how the patients contracted the infection will take place.
Dr Loughrey also said that the ‘acinetobacter’ bacteria were present in both outdoor and indoor healthcare premises and are among the many organisms which can affect vulnerable patients in the intensive care unit.
The two infected patients are now being treated in isolation on other wards.
(SB/SP)
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