Public appeal as bug at Erne continues

Editorial Department • Published 14 Apr 2011 13:00 3 Comments

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Restrictions on new patient admissions in two wards of the Erne Hospital continue this week after an increase in vomiting and diarrhoea has been experienced among patients in a number of ward areas of the Erne Hospital.

Wards 9 and 10 currently have a small number of patients with symptoms and temporary restrictions on new patient admissions to these ward areas are in place, as revealed last week in The Impartial Reporter.

People are asked not to visit the Erne Hospital if they have been feeling unwell and, if visiting, to respect visiting times and visiting restrictions in place to assist in reducing infection.

Dr Anne Kilgallen, Western Trust Medical Director, has asked for the public's cooperation with measures to help control the potential spread of infection including a decision to limit one visitor at a time at the patient's bedside in the ward areas affected.

Dr Kilgallen said: "The Trust's Infection Prevention and Control team is continuing to provide advice in relation to this ongoing situation and the increased infection control measures have been taken.

"The public has an important role to play by not visiting the hospital if they are feeling unwell, particularly if they have diarrhoea and/or vomiting. And if someone has been unwell we would advise them to wait until at least 48 hours after they have been ill before visiting the hospital.

"Visitors are asked to limit visiting to the designated times of between 3pm and 4pm and from 7pm until 8.30pm. They should only visit the one patient whilst at the hospital and they should not move from ward to ward when visiting.

"Those who are visiting are asked to thoroughly wash their hands before and after visiting.

"I would ask relatives and friends of patients in hospital for understanding and for their cooperation with the nursing staff with the arrangements which have been put in place."

Norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting virus, has been confirmed in a number of patients in recent weeks. This virus is common in the community at this time of year and it is a short-term, unpleasant illness, with most people getting better within a few days.

Further meetings are being held to review this situation on an ongoing basis with a view to reopening ward areas affected to patient admissions.

This article appeared in Impartial Reporter 14 Apr 11

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skocjanske
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Apr 16, 13:46
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Despite the demand to nurse very sick elderly people hard-pressed nurses are spending at least 60% of their time pushing papers around to please the increasing dictate from the burgeoning managers the Western Trust now employs. Front line staff is being pushed to the wall. Every day some new initiative is being rolled out. These new initiatives have nothing to do with raising the standard of care to those in need but more about making the managers of the trust look good and increase their chances of yet another promotion. Managers driving expensive cars paid predominately by the trust, which your average person could only dream about. Managers driving mile upon mile to endless meetings all of which has to be paid for out of tax payer money. Nice little number if you can get it.

Ward Sisters and charge nurses are rare sight on wards as their work is increasingly taken up with meaningless paperwork. We need to see these highly trained nurses out on the ward more not shut away in some office doing mindless form filling.

Nurse’s too posh to wash!! I don't think so more likely to be writing up their next directive as decided by the jobs worth in management. Nurses your hospital needs you for what you are trained to do. One has to ask how come private hospitals don't have so many managers because it costs money! But of course the NHS has plenty of that as we the taxpayer knows except it is not going where it is needed on frontline care. I say to the public say no to this waste. Enough is Enough give the power back to nurse’s doctors who know what the patient needs most say NO to bureaucratic syncopates

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skocjanske
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Apr 16, 13:49
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Despite the demand to nurse very sick elderly people hard-pressed nurses are spending at least 60% of their time pushing papers around to please the increasing dictate from the burgeoning managers the Western Trust now employs. Front line staff is being pushed to the wall. Every day some new initiative is being rolled out. These new initiatives have nothing to do with raising the standard of care to those in need but more about making the managers of the trust look good and increase their chances of yet another promotion. Managers driving expensive cars paid predominately by the trust, which your average person could only dream about. Managers driving mile upon mile to endless meetings all of which has to be paid for out of tax payer money. Nice little number if you can get it.Ward Sisters and charge nurses are rare sight on wards as their work is increasingly taken up with meaningless paperwork. We need to see these highly trained nurses out on the ward more not shut away in some office doing mindless form filling Nurse’s too posh to wash!! I don't think so more likely to be writing up their next directive as decided by the jobs worth in management. Nurses your hospital needs you for what you are trained to do. One has to ask how come private hospitals don't have so many managers because it costs money! But of course the NHS has plenty of that as we the taxpayer knows except it is not going where it is needed on frontline care. I say to the public say no to this waste. Enough is Enough give the power back to nurse’s doctors who know what the patient needs most say NO to bureaucratic syncopates

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Both vomiting and diarrhea, usually self-limited and has a benign cause and prognosis. However, it is indispensable to a thorough evaluation to ensure that there is a more serious cause that requires rapid intervention. Arbitrary use of indicative treatment, without a clear diagnosis is improper. Vomiting and diarrhea still require continual reassessment and revision of diagnosis than expected.

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