In the last five years, please list each outbreak the trust has declared due to the following organisms:
– Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
– Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
– Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBLs) producing Gram-negative bacteria
-Carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae
-Carbapenemase producing organism
-Drug resistant Acinetobacter
-Drug resistant pseudomonas

For each case please specify
-The organism causing the outbreak (eg for carbapenemase producing organisms specify Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase)
-Date the outbreak was declared and date it was declared over
-Number of confirmed cases and number of probable cases
-Description of control measures, eg whether wards were closed, patients put in isolation rooms, hydrogen peroxide vapour used to clean rooms etc. For ward closures please give details of ward type and size (eg 30-bed renal ward)
-Whether the outbreak was reported to Public Health England, and if so, the date it was reported
-Date audit report, outbreak investigation, infection control committee report (or equivalent report) was published
-Number of bed days lost
-Number of patient deaths

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