By Cecilia Nasmith
Northumberland Hills Hospital has announced that the enteric (gastrointestinal) outbreak identified Oct. 21 in the 2A medical-surgical unit has been resolved.
At the time, a number of control measures (including visitor restrictions) were quickly instituted in consultation with the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit to restrict further spread.
The announcement said that admissions to the 2A medical-surgical unit have resumed, and additional visitor restrictions are no longer in place beyond their own COVID-19 Visiting Guidelines.
NHH reminds all visitors of the importance of routine infection-prevention practices, especially proper hand hygiene.
“Hand washing remains one of the single most important infection-prevention and -control practices to stop transmission of enteric illness and other infections diseases, both within the hospital environment and in the community,” the press release stated.
“Frequent hand washing, particularly before and after patient contact, is mandatory and vital to reducing health-care-associated infections.”
