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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The spokesperson for Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) gave the following update today (July 25) regarding an earlier announcement on a cluster of Multi-drug Resistant Acinetobacter (MDRA) carriers in a ventilator ward:
The hospital has stepped up the screening procedures and confirmed today that three more patients (one male and two female, aged 59 to 85) are carriers of MDRA but without clinical symptoms. They are under medical surveillance and isolation and in stable condition.
The hospital will continue the enhanced infection control measures and closely monitor the situation in the ward. The cases have been reported to the Hospital Authority Head Office and the Centre for Health Protection for follow up.
Ends/Friday, July 25, 2014
Issued at HKT 18:40
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