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Hospital Authority announces positive patient cases detected via admission screening or testing and clusters of nosocomial COVID-19 infections
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
     
     The Hospital Authority today (March 5) announced information regarding patients who tested positive via admission screening or testing with patients or staff members identified as close contacts and nosocomial COVID-19 infection cases:
      
     The following are the statistics of patients who tested positive via admission screening or by testing in public hospitals with patients or staff members identified as close contacts.
 
Hospital / clinic Number of patients who tested positive Number of patients who identified as close contacts Number of staff members without appropriate personal protective equipment identified as close contacts
Ruttonjee Hospital 3 3 -
Queen Mary Hospital 3 4 -
The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay 1 1 -
Kowloon Hospital 15 13 -
United Christian Hospital 5 10 -
Tseung Kwan O Hospital 1 2 -
Princess Margaret Hospital 2 2 -
Yan Chai Hospital 1 6 -
Cheshire Home, Shatin 1 2 -
Tuen Mun Hospital 3 9 -
Pok Oi Hospital 1 2 -
Castle Peak Hospital 7 5 -
      
     The following are the statistics of nosocomial infection cases in public hospitals.
 
Hospital / clinic Number of patients who
tested positive
Number of staff members who tested positive
Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok 1 -
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fung Yiu King Hospital 1 -
Kowloon Hospital 3 -
Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital 4 -
TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital 1 -
Tseung Kwan O Hospital 4 -
Haven of Hope Hospital 4 -
Princess Margaret Hospital 12 -
Yan Chai Hospital 1 2
Kwai Chung Hospital 10 1
Prince of Wales Hospital 1 -
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital 1 -
Tuen Mun Hospital 7 -
Pok Oi Hospital 5 -
Castle Peak Hospital 2 -
Siu Lam Hospital 11 -
 
     Thorough cleaning and disinfection operations have been performed in the affected areas by hospitals. The hospitals will continue to closely monitor the health condition of patients and staff members, and communicate with the Centre for Health Protection on the latest situation.
 
Ends/Saturday, March 5, 2022
Issued at HKT 19:32
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