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MRSA outbreak called in Port Colborne
Siobhan Morris, 610 CKTB News
8/2/2011
The Niagara Health System has declared an outbreak of MRSA at Port Colborne's hospital.
Interim President & CEO of the NHS, Dr. Sue Matthews says 3 patients with the bug have been flagged in Unit 2 West in the last week. One of them has already gone home, but Matthews says the higher than normal figure forced them to declare an outbreak Tuesday afternoon.
Unit D of the Greater Niagara General Hospital dealt with an MRSA outbreak in July. It was cleared on July 27th. The Niagara Falls facility is still dealing with outbreaks of C.difficile & VRE..
MRSA outbreak called in Port Colborne
Siobhan Morris, 610 CKTB News
8/2/2011
The Niagara Health System has declared an outbreak of MRSA at Port Colborne's hospital.
Interim President & CEO of the NHS, Dr. Sue Matthews says 3 patients with the bug have been flagged in Unit 2 West in the last week. One of them has already gone home, but Matthews says the higher than normal figure forced them to declare an outbreak Tuesday afternoon.
Unit D of the Greater Niagara General Hospital dealt with an MRSA outbreak in July. It was cleared on July 27th. The Niagara Falls facility is still dealing with outbreaks of C.difficile & VRE..