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System Strain
As I approached the check-in counter for my cruise from England, I was handed a healthcare screening card, asking: 'Do you have any one of the following symptoms: fever or feverishness, cough, runny nose or sore throat, or have you been in...
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Hospital winning the war against the MRSA virus
TORBAY Hospital is winning its war on the MRSA virus, according to new figures.Consultant microbiologist Dr Tony Maggs, the hospital's director of infection control and prevention, gave South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's board...
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Virus outbreak shuts down Stafford Hospital unit
Sickness bug norovirus has shut down a unit at a Midland hospital and forced bosses to urge visitors to think twice about coming on to wards.Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust chiefs have shut the clinical decisions unit at...
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Swine flu hits hospital as ward is forced to close
TWO outbreaks of contagious diseases have forced a hospital ward closure in East London.The ward at the Royal London in Whitechapel has been closed due to an outbreak of winter vomiting bug norvirus, hospital bosses confirmed today.
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Healthcare Leader Speaks Out On Latest Hospital 'Epidemic'
A global healthcare senior executive has called the latest infection threat to confront the NHS 'a national epidemic'.Whilst Government statements imply that hospital acquired infections are in decline Jim Taylor, a former Smith &...
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Bug's back at hospital
TWO wards at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital remain closed to visitors due to a winter vomiting bug outbreak.Eight patients had symptoms of the norovirus bug and nine were in the recovery phase yesterday. The affected wards were...
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Seeking genetic fate
SEEKING GENOMIC FATEPhoto: Dorling Kindersley/Illustration by A.Nandy RESISTANT shouts the title of Lindsay Richmans post. Apparently, she was elated to learn that her DNA reduces her susceptibility to norovirus infections, the...
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What Is Gastroenteritis? What Is Food Poisoning?
GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News Editor's Choice Main Category: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses; Crohn's; Irritable-Bowel Syndrome email to a friend printer friendly view...
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Norovirus And Salmonella Were Leading Causes Of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks In 2006
Norovirus and Salmonella were the leading causes of foodborne disease outbreaks in 2006, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The report, based on investigations of foodborne disease...
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CDC: Food-borne Illnesses Underreported
-- Most food-borne illnesses that sicken millions of people in the U.S.annually and kill thousands are preventable, and the toll could be reduced with better reporting and analysis by health officials, the CDC says. The agency reports...
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Norovirus, Salmonella Were Leading Causes of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in 2006
Norovirus and Salmonella were the leading causes of foodborne disease outbreaks in 2006, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).There were 1,270 reported foodborne disease...
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Norovirus and Salmonella were Leading Causes of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in 2006
Contact: CDCs Division of Media Relations (404) 639-3286 CDC report provides look into foods associated with outbreaks Norovirus and Salmonella were the leading causes of foodborne disease outbreaks in 2006, according to a report...
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Wrexham Maelor Hospital now free of Norovirus
AN outbreak of the Norovirus winter vomiting bug has finally been cleared at a hospital which was inundated with cases.But Wrexham Maelor Hospital chiefs admit the infection could have been wiped out sooner if they had not...
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New outbreak of 'winter vomiting' at QEH A WARD at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been closed to visitors
A WARD at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been closed to visitors following a new outbreak of norovirus (winter vomiting), it has been confirmed.Oxborough ward for acute care of the elderly has been closed with immediate effect....
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Warwick Hospital's infection control improving
But the hospital's problems with norovirus are only now subsiding after a series of recent outbreaks.A monthly infection prevention and control report, discussed at a meeting of the hospital's trust board last week, show one case of...
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Warwick Hospital's infection control improving Warwick Hospital is on course to meet national annual targets f
But the hospital's problems with norovirus are only now subsiding after a series of recent outbreaks.A monthly infection prevention and control report, discussed at a meeting of the hospital's trust board last week, show one case of...
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Testing For Norovirus And Enterovirus Is Becoming Increasingly Important And Commonplace
High profile outbreaks associated with the viruses have kept EMSL Analytical scientists busy.Pollution of rivers and recreational waters by sewage and animal fecal waste has led to a number of high profile human gastrointestinal...
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Norovirus made me queasy, but hospital figures are the real sickener
I RECENTLY had the misfortune of being struck down by the norovirus.For those of you who dont know, the medical definition says this leads to an upset stomach. But believe you me, words cannot fully describe the horror. Having...
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University Hospital's breakfast buffet a 'hygiene disaster'
A NEW self-service buffet is making a pigs breakfast of infection control at Coventrys University Hospital, angry staff claim.The help-yourself spread was unveiled at the hospitals main restaurant last week and is open to workers,...
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Hospital services overwhelmed by outbreak of winter norovirus, report shows
Epsom Hospital was brought to its knees by an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug, an official report reveals.The hospital was forced to close its doors after the norovirus put 40 per cent of its beds out of action and closed 78...
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Warwick Hospital patients hit by bug
Visiting restrictions are once again in place at Warwick Hospital after a vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak.Five wards are closed to visitors and patients in all other areas are only allowed a maximum of two visitors in the evening. The...
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Lockdown at hospital ward
A HOSPITAL ward went into lockdown after the outbreak of a highly infectious virus.Patients in a ward in St Georges Hospital, Suttons Lane, Hornchurch, were barred from leaving the hospital, transferring to another ward, or even having...
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