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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The spokesperson for Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) made the following update today (April 25) regarding an earlier announcement on a cluster of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) carriers in a medical ward:
The hospital has stepped up screening procedures. One more 78-year-old male patient was confirmed as a carrier of OXA and NDM carbapenemase-producing CRE today but without clinical symptoms. He is under medical surveillance and isolation in a stable condition.
The QEH will continue with enhanced infection control measures and closely monitor the situation on the ward. The case has been reported to the Hospital Authority Head Office and the Centre for Health Protection for necessary follow up.
Ends/Friday, April 25, 2014
Issued at HKT 18:10
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