Ken FoxeA busy hospital struggled with an outbreak of a new variant of a dangerous superbug trying to manage patients who needed to smoke, medical students that ended up in a ward with infection, and allowing visitors for sick people. Internal records said Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) in Dublin was dealing with a “very active and resistant outbreak” that could be associated with “significant morbidity and mortality”. Hundreds of potential contacts were identified with progress reports saying there were “not many options” available to treat the variety of the CPE superbug that was spreading. The outbreak was first notified to the board of the hospital in April this year and remained open until the end of August, a TUH spokeswoman said. Another note said: “Medical students doing exams were on [the ward] – the instruction was that they did not go [there].

Source: The Herald November 27, 2023 04:42 UTC