(haipo) - A report was received from Rambam Hospital, regarding an outbreak of infections in several wards of the hospital, originating from resistant bacteria.
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The management of the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa ordered yesterday (Monday 1/7/24) to take urgent measures to control an outbreak of infections that were discovered in several wards at the hospital.
These are resistant bacteria of the type Acetonobacter and Klebsiella, and a fungus of the type Candida auris. These infections do not endanger healthy people, but for patients with a weakened immune system they can cause life-threatening complications.
Dealing with infections of this type is a special challenge in hospitals where there is high occupancy in the emergency department and internal departments all over the world in recent years. Prof. Miki Halbertal, director of Rambam, assumed that in the wards where the infection was found, the medical teams would move to work in full shielding when moving from patient to patient, and also that no new patients would be admitted until the outbreak was overcome. A directive was also given to brief the families of the patients visiting the wards on Protect yourself and keep your hands clean.
Prof. Michal Powell, director of the Institute of Infectious Diseases at Rambam, explains:
Questions and answers regarding Rambam's announcement about an outbreak of infections in the hospital:
1. How many patients are involved? It is about 50 men and women who carry a resistant bacteria or fungus called Candida auris. These are not patients who are sick with bacteria or fungus, but men and women who came to the hospital for hospitalization or treatment and were found to be carriers of the resistant bacteria or fungus.
2. Does the bacterium or the fungus endanger their lives? In general no, these are carriers on the surface of the skin or in the intestine. Only one of the 50 carrier patients is now sick with the resistant bacteria.
3. Does the bacteria or fungus endanger staff or visitors? No. The purpose of isolation in hospitalization is only to prevent cross-transmission between patients and the spread of resistant bacteria in the hospital.
4. Is the hospital or certain departments closed for admissions? No. The hospital operates as usual - operating rooms, intensive care, outpatient clinics and more.
5. What steps is Rambam taking to control the outbreak? This is an outbreak in two internal departments and a neurosurgery department. In these wards, the patients are grouped in marked areas and treated by a dedicated team that works with protection. Other than that, these departments operate as usual. Families and visitors are urged to obey staff instructions. We recommend one visitor per patient at any given time in order to avoid overcrowding in the isolation areas and unnecessary exposures.
I wonder why they don't announce which departments were affected by the viruses that are resistant to cure, what are they planning to thin out the population of the country?
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Neurosurgery and 2 internal medicine
Can you specify which departments are involved?
With the air conditioning system and the walking patients, it doesn't matter much... and in my unprofessional opinion, all those with a weakened immune system should treat every hospital as contaminated and take extra caution.