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Visiting ward 231 and avoiding infection

Posted By SusanMonroe

"Visiting ward 231 and avoiding infection"

About: Royal Stoke University Hospital

(as other),

We went to visit someone on ward 231 with our daughters having walked all the way through the ward we were then told there was norovirus on the ward and that under twelves weren't allowed on the ward.

I don't have a problem with this I understand that there needs to be infection control. What I do have a problem with is the fact that there were no signs on the ward entrance which would have saved our children from being exposed to germs and saved our embarrassment.

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Response from University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust 11 years ago
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Submitted on 01/03/2013 at 11:52
Published on Care Opinion at 13:38

Thank you for taking the time to contact University Hospital of North Staffordshire. The Trust has no record of Ward 231 being infected with norovirus. We would like to assure you that University Hospital of North Staffordshire takes visitor health and safety seriously. Following your comments we will reiterate to all wards the importance of using appropriate signage to advise visitors at ward entrances.

Yours sincerely

Emyr Phillips, Lead Nurse Infection Prevention & Control

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