Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Trust has closed four wards at Edith Cavell to new admissions because of a vomiting bug.
The action was taken under the trust's , under the trust's infection prevention and control action plan to manage patients suffering diarrhoea and vomiting.
Ward 8 remains closed. One additional patient has symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting
which brings the number of patients with symptoms today to six.
Ward 10 remains closed to new admissions. Four more patients have developed symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting, bringing the number of patients with symptoms today to five. Four members of staff currently have symptoms.
Ward 6 remains closed to new admissions. One more patient has developed symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting. Today, two patients have symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting.
Ward 9 has today closed to new admissions. Six patients have symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting.
The trust's director of nursing Chris Wilkinson said: "The wards need to be symptom-free for 48-hours before cleaning can begin.
"We have in place strict infection control polices to limit the spread of infection which can pass easily between people. We are able to limit the spread of infection by asking people who have had diarrhoea and vomiting in the past 72 hours not to visit the hospital and for them not to bring young children to visit patients who have had diarrhoea and vomiting.
"We hope that all wards will open again this week but in the meantime we would like to thank patients, staff and visitors for their patience and cooperation."
The tTrust would like to remind visitors that they can help to tackle infections in the following ways:
• Not visiting the hospital if they have had diarrhoea and/or vomiting or a cold in the past 72 hours
• Being familiar with visiting guidelines, especially a maximum of two visitors for each patient and ward visiting times (for the majority of ward areas these are 2-4pm and 6-8pm)
• Not bringing young children to visit patients who have had D&V
• Always performing good hand washing on entering and exiting ward areas
• Not using patient toilets
• Not sitting on patient beds
• Not sharing food with patients
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