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.
‘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.
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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