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Ward shuts as four get C diff



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Published Date: 01 October 2008
A HOSPITAL ward has been closed to new admissions after an outbreak of the Clostridium difficile bug, officials revealed yesterday .
The ward at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline was closed on Sunday night after four patients tested positive for the bug. A fifth case is suspected.

NHS Fife said two of the patients who tested positive were still in hospital, displaying symptoms. A third was no longer displaying symptoms but was still in hospital, while the fourth had gone home.





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  • Last Updated: 01 October 2008 12:40 AM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Hospital superbugs
 
 

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