FRIENDS and relatives could soon be barred from visiting ‘high-risk’ loved ones in hospital under radical new plans to combat the ever-present danger of MRSA.
New restrictions to limit access to wards are being considered by Health’s infection control team as part of a raft of measures to tackle hospital-acquired infections.
Consultant microbiologist Dr Ivan Muscat, who is leading the team, explained that a new infection control strategy was being developed and should be finished later this month.
He revealed that he was considering restricting movements in and out of wards in certain high-risk cases.
Article posted on 2nd May, 2008 - 12.00am
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