Emergency room blocked for Norovirus

Emergency room of Gelnhausen clinic blocked for norovirus

09/01/2015

The Norovirus is highly contagious and a serious health risk especially for already weakened people. In view of the detection of noroviruses at the emergency room of the Gelnhäuser Main-Kinzig-Klinik, the entire department was therefore temporarily closed.

According to the news portal, the accident station of the Main-Kinzig-Kliniken in Gelnhausen will be closed for one working week after the detection of Noroviruses „World Online“ citing a spokeswoman for the clinic. Already on Sunday the station had been closed and on Friday the reopening is planned. So far, one patient has been diagnosed with norovirus infection, another 12 have been isolated as a precaution, and four of them have been reported by the news agency „dpa“ the typical symptoms of viral disease such as vomiting or diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting.

Hygiene management after the outbreak of infections
Due to the outbreak of norovirus infections, no new patients were initially admitted to the trauma ward at the hospital. The health department was informed about the cases, possibly affected patients were isolated and currently there is a comprehensive disinfection of the ward. The information of the „dpa“ According to the report, the clinic has a hygiene management system that relies on the occurrence of norovirus diseases. Further cases have not occurred since the initiation of the measures. How the highly contagious viruses arrived at the station, remains unclear for the time being and will probably be difficult to determine, so the announcement of „dpa“.

Community facilities increasingly affected
The highly pathogenic noroviruses are transmitted by contact or smear infection, with low dosages of the pathogens sufficient to cause an infection. In particular, community facilities such as nursing home, hospitals or kindergartens are increasingly affected by outright mass outbreaks due to the high infectiousness. Also on cruise ships in the past, major outbreaks have been detected. Although the disease is usually only of relatively short duration (after about three days is usually the worst), but the loss of fluid for already weakened patients and children can be quite dangerous. At worst, dehydration threatens. (Fp)