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| MRSA patients 'may not be linked' | MRSA patients 'may not be linked' |
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| It is too early to say whether 10 cases of MRSA at a Fermanagh hospital are linked, a specialist in communicable disease control has said. | It is too early to say whether 10 cases of MRSA at a Fermanagh hospital are linked, a specialist in communicable disease control has said. |
| Ten elderly patients are carrying the bug and a ward at the Erne Hospital in Enniskillen is closed to admissions. | Ten elderly patients are carrying the bug and a ward at the Erne Hospital in Enniskillen is closed to admissions. |
| Richard Smithson, consultant in communicable disease control, said the bacterium may have been contracted in different ways. | |
| He said that it was not clear that this was an actual outbreak of MRSA. | He said that it was not clear that this was an actual outbreak of MRSA. |
| "We have got 10 patients who have got it, we haven't got results back showing whether it is the same type," Dr Smithson said. | "We have got 10 patients who have got it, we haven't got results back showing whether it is the same type," Dr Smithson said. |
| "It might be that they all caught it in different ways and that just by testing for it more than we used to, we are picking up more patients with it." | "It might be that they all caught it in different ways and that just by testing for it more than we used to, we are picking up more patients with it." |
| Dr Smithson said MRSA was becoming more common and had the potential to spread between patients. | Dr Smithson said MRSA was becoming more common and had the potential to spread between patients. |
| A Western Health and Social Care Trust spokeswoman said all necessary precautions were being taken. | A Western Health and Social Care Trust spokeswoman said all necessary precautions were being taken. |
| The patients affected have been isolated, barrier nursing has been introduced and new patients are not being admitted to the ward. | The patients affected have been isolated, barrier nursing has been introduced and new patients are not being admitted to the ward. |
| Sinn Fein assembly member Gerry McHugh said it was a recurring problem that must be addressed. | Sinn Fein assembly member Gerry McHugh said it was a recurring problem that must be addressed. |
| "The regimes in the hospital must be strong enough to tackle this, not just for the day-to-day running of the hospital but to look to the future so that we can say that this is a thing of the past," he said. | "The regimes in the hospital must be strong enough to tackle this, not just for the day-to-day running of the hospital but to look to the future so that we can say that this is a thing of the past," he said. |