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Source: http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk...sheffield-northern-general-hospital-1-5459638
Infection outbreak at Sheffield Northern General Hospital
Killer virus outbreak: Sheffield's Northern General Hospital
Killer virus outbreak: Sheffield's Northern General Hospital
Published on Friday 1 March 2013 09:43
WARDS at a Sheffield hospital are ?under surveillance? following outbreaks of the potentially deadly infection C.Diff, writes Richard Blackledge.
Stringent controls have been put in place at the Northern General Hospital in Fir Vale, after three wards each reported at least two episodes of the bug in less than a month.
In severe cases, C.Diff ? short for clostridium difficile ? can prove fatal in the weak and elderly, with complications ranging from bowel perforation to blood poisoning.
Wards on the watch list at the Northern General are Firth 2 and Firth 8 - for people recovering from surgery - and general respiratory ward Brearley 3.
So far this year there have been 87 cases of C.Diff across Sheffield Teaching Hospitals ? nearing the local maximum limit of 112...
Infection outbreak at Sheffield Northern General Hospital
Killer virus outbreak: Sheffield's Northern General Hospital
Killer virus outbreak: Sheffield's Northern General Hospital
Published on Friday 1 March 2013 09:43
WARDS at a Sheffield hospital are ?under surveillance? following outbreaks of the potentially deadly infection C.Diff, writes Richard Blackledge.
Stringent controls have been put in place at the Northern General Hospital in Fir Vale, after three wards each reported at least two episodes of the bug in less than a month.
In severe cases, C.Diff ? short for clostridium difficile ? can prove fatal in the weak and elderly, with complications ranging from bowel perforation to blood poisoning.
Wards on the watch list at the Northern General are Firth 2 and Firth 8 - for people recovering from surgery - and general respiratory ward Brearley 3.
So far this year there have been 87 cases of C.Diff across Sheffield Teaching Hospitals ? nearing the local maximum limit of 112...