Ireland: Major Dublin hospital hit with CRE outbreak

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Source: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news...-35055920.html


Major Dublin hospital hit with outbreak of potentially lethal superbug
Eilish O'Regan Twitter
Published
17/09/2016 | 02:30

A major Dublin hospital has been hit with an outbreak of a potentially lethal superbug, forcing the closure of two wards since last month.

A number of adult patients in Tallaght Hospital were found to be have CRE infection, which is resistant to many antibiotics.

The outbreak was first confirmed in August, closing the Gogarty and Crampton wards, the Irish Independent has learned.

A third ward may now also have to be closed. It is undergoing contact screening as part of the urgent drive by the hospital to contain the spread. The closure of the wards has led to an escalation in overcrowding and left 27 patients on trolleys waiting for a bed yesterday...

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Source: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news...-35355448.html


'More isolation rooms needed' to cope with superbug outbreak
Ian Begley
Published
10/01/2017 | 02:30

Tallaght Hospital is not capable of dealing with the latest outbreak of an infectious superbug, according to a leading emergency medicine consultant.

A source told the Irish Independent that yesterday there were 22 carrier patients of the superbug CRE at Tallaght Hospital and 11 CRE contact patients.

In December, children were banned from visiting Tallaght Hospital over CRE fears and in September two of the hospital's wards were shut after a number of people were found to be infected by the bug.

Emergency medicine consultant at Tallaght Hospital Dr James Grey told the Irish Independent the superbug crisis the hospital faces was "compounding" the trolley epidemic.

"Tallaght Hospital needs adequate isolation beds and capacity which is sadly lacking," he said.