Download ORGANISM Ward type Start date End date No of cases Description

ORGANISM
Ward type
Start date
End date
No of
cases
Description of control measures
MRSA
Critical Care
Dec 2012
14/01/2013
5
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Klebsiella pneumonia
OXA-48
CRO
Spinal
Feb 2014
rehabilitation
Sept 2014
7
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Acinitobacter
baumanii/Enterobacter
cloacae
NNU
July 2015
Feb 2016
13 ABAU
5 ECLO
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MRSA
NNU
12/04/15
04/06/15
8 MRSA
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New Delhi Metallobetalactamase
producing E.coli
organism
Cardiology
25/09/16
17/11/16
1
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Enhanced IP+C precautions
Enhanced clean of the affected ward
and equipment
Enhanced IP+C precautions – Hand
hygiene, patient segregation,
introduced disposable patient wash
bowls.
Education sessions provided for staff
Enhanced clean of the affected ward
and equipment
Enhanced IP+C precautions – Hand
hygiene, patient segregation etc
Closed the NNU to
admissions/transfers and built a new
interim unit.
Education sessions provided for staff
Enhanced clean of the affected ward
and equipment
Enhanced IP+C precautions, patient
segregation etc
Unit closed to admissions/transfers
for 44 days
Enhanced clean of the affected ward
and equipment
Enhanced IP+C precautions – contact
tracing of patients,
Enhanced clean of the affected ward
and theatre suite and equipment
including HPV
Bed Days
Lost
No of
deaths
0
0
0
0
Approximately 0
465
0
0
0
Acinitobacter baumanii –
OXA-23
Medicine
27/10/16
30/11/16
6
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VRE
Orthopaedics 20/12/16
18/01/17
24
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Enhanced IP+C precautions – Hand
hygiene, patient segregation etc
Closed the ward to
admissions/transfers, decanted the
patients to another dedicated area and
undertook refurbishment programme.
Education sessions provided for staff
Enhanced clean of the affected ward
and theatre suite and equipment
including HPV
Enhanced IP+C precautions – HH,
patient segregation etc
Closed the ward to
admissions/transfers.
Estates works undertaken in the
theatre suite
Education sessions provided for staff
Enhanced clean of the affected ward
and theatre suite and equipment
including HPV
241
0
304
0
Please specify how your trust defines an outbreak.
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2.1 Clusters of hospital infections vary greatly in extent and severity ranging from a few cases of the same infection restricted to a single
ward/area, up to a hospital wide outbreak involving many patients and possibly staff members. The number of cases required for a
situation to be classified as an outbreak varies according to the infectious agent, mechanism(s) of transmission, severity of disease, and
the number of cases in a given time period and location.
2.2 The decision to classify a given situation as an infectious incident, an outbreak, or a major outbreak, will be made by the Director of
Infection Prevention and Control (DIPC) or designate after discussion with clinical staff in the affected area(s) and consultation with the
Consultant in Communicable Disease Control (CCDC) as necessary
Taken from the C+V UHB procedure “ INFECTION CONTROL PROCEDURE FOR INFECTIOUS INCIDENTS AND OUTBREAKS IN
UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD HOSPITALS”
Whether the outbreak was reported to Public Health England, and if so, the date it was reported
 All of the above were reported to Public Health Wales