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MRSA

Answer

The number of patient episodes of MRS A bacteraemia reported by year and where possible by hospital over the last five years are detailed in the following table.

		Calendar year
Trust	Hospital	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Altnagelvin Hospitals	Altnagelvin Area Hospital	16	14	17	22	21
	Waterside Hospital (ward 5)	0	0	0	0	0
Belfast City Hospitals	Belfast City	¹44	46	53	²47	39
	NICCO (Belvoir Park)	¹—	1	2	²—	0
Causeway	Causeway Hospital	³4	12	9	49	10
	Dalriada Hospital	³—	0	0	4—	0
	Robinson Memorial Hospital	³—	0	0	4—	0
Craigavon Area Hospital Group	Craigavon Area Hospital	11	13	22	22	19
	Lurgan Hospital	0	3	3	2	1
	South Tyrone Hospital	0	0	0	0	0
Down Lisburn	Downe Hospital	59	4	3	14	4
	Lagan Valley Hospital	5—	2	9	3	3
Greenpark	Forster Green Hospital	60	74	85	92	¹03
	Musgrave Park Hospital	6—	7—	8—	9—	¹0—
Mater	Mater Infirmorum Hospital	8	20	25	9	23
Newry and Mourne	Daisy Hill Hospital	5	4	10	5	3
Royal Group of Hospitals	RBHSC	0	0	1	1	1
	Royal Jubilee	0	0	4	2	2
	Royal Victoria Hospital	30	27	37	41	46
Sperrin Lakeland	Erne Hospital	3	0	10	3	2
	Tyrone County Hospital	2	3	5	13	4
Ulster Community and Hospitals	Ards Hospital	¹¹13	0	1	0	0
	Bangor Hospital	¹¹—	1	0	0	0
	Ulster Hospital	¹¹—	24	22	34	25
United Hospitals	Antrim Area Hospital	¹²25	28	32	¹³41	¹437
	Braid Valley Hospital	¹²—	0	1	¹³—	¹4—
	Mid Ulster Hospital	¹²—	1	8	¹³—	¹4—
	Moyle Hospital	¹²—	0	0	¹³—	¹4—
	Whiteabbey Hospital	¹²—	5	5	¹³—	¹4—
Northern Ireland total		170	212	284	270	243
Note:
Surveillance began 1 April 2001.
Source:
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre Northern Ireland (CDSC (NI)).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

455 c1792W;455 c1794W; 110673

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Northern Ireland MRSA

Link

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