17 December 2008
PLEASE THINK BEFORE YOU VISIT HOSPTIAL
Visitors are being asked to think before they visit friends or relatives in hospital if they have been unwell with diarrhoea and vomiting.
Grant Crawshaw, deputy director of infection prevention at Mid Essex Hospitals, said:”We know that the winter vomiting virus is brought into the hospital from the community so we are asking people to help us by not visiting if they are unwell with this virus or until they have been symptom free for at least 48 hours. People should also stay away if they have been in contact recently with anyone that has the virus. Our main objective is to try and prevent infections being brought into the hospital and we need the publics’ help to do this.
“Even though we currently don’t have any problems due to the winter vomiting bug, this situation can change very quickly.”
It is also important that everyone entering the hospital follows the infection control procedures, such as using the hand wash gel on entry and exit to the wards, to ensure infections are kept to a minimum.
ENDS
Media contact : Jo Triggs tel: (01245) 514235 | Mobile : 0790 005 4948
Powered by EasySite™