Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6121817 | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2016 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Due to the outbreak, new measures were implemented for the first time within NHS Lothian that included floor-by-floor (instead of individual) ward closures, enhanced cleaning with chlorine-based products throughout the hospital, reduction in bed capacity with enhanced bed-spacing and interruption to direct admissions from the Board's general practice surgeries, and temporary suspension of visitors to affected areas. Together with regular communication to staff, patients, relatives, and the public throughout the outbreak and good engagement of staff groups in management of the incident, the outbreak was gradually brought under control.
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Authors
J. Danial, S. Ballard-Smith, C. Horsburgh, C. Crombie, A. Ovens, K.E. Templeton, A. Hardie, F. Cameron, L. Harvey, J. Stevenson, I. Johannessen,