Suspected and laboratory-confirmed reported norovirus outbreaks in hospitals: outbreaks occurring in weeks 23 to 26, 2015
Updated 15 January 2016
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The hospital norovirus outbreak reporting scheme (HNORS) recorded 21outbreaks occurring between weeks 23 and 26, 2015, 30 of which (95%) led to ward/bay closures or restriction to admissions. Ten outbreaks (48%) were recorded as laboratory confirmed due to norovirus (see table). For the calendar year 2015 바카라 사이트 between week 1 (January) and week 26 (week beginning 22 June) 바카라 사이트 520 outbreaks were reported. Ninety-four per cent (491) of reported outbreaks resulted in ward/bay closures or restrictions to admissions and 68% (353) were laboratory confirmed as due to norovirus (see table).
Suspected and laboratory-confirmed reported norovirus outbreaks in hospitals, with regional breakdown: outbreaks occurring in weeks 23 to 26 of 2015
| Region/PHE Centre | Outbreaks between weeks 23 to 26/2015 | Total outbreaks weeks 1 to 26/2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ģż | Outbreaks | Ward/bay closure* | Lab-confirmed | Outbreaks | Ward/bay closure* | Lab-confirmed |
| Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | 2 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 59 | 47 |
| Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Cheshire and Merseyside | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| Cumbria and Lancashire | 1 | 1 | 바카라 사이트 | 38 | 37 | 20 |
| Devon, Cornwall and Somerset | 4 | 4 | 1 | 110 | 110 | 77 |
| Greater Manchester | 2 | 2 | 바카라 사이트 | 17 | 14 | 8 |
| Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Dorset | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 24 | 23 | 19 |
| Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 18 | 17 | 14 |
| London | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 | 바카라 사이트 |
| North east | 2 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 42 | 28 |
| Sussex, Surrey and Kent | 1 | 1 | 바카라 사이트 | 16 | 16 | 12 |
| Thames Valley | 1 | 1 | 바카라 사이트 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| West Midlands | 4 | 4 | 2 | 105 | 102 | 56 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 4 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 51 | 56 |
| Total | 21 | 20 | 10 | 520 | 491 | 353 |
* Note: not all outbreaks result in whole wards closures, some closures are restricted to bays only.
In the current season to date 바카라 사이트 , there have been 8309 laboratory reports of norovirus (from week 27, 2014, to week 26, 2015). This is 6% lower than the average number of laboratory reports for the same period in the seasons between 2009/2010 and 2013/2014 (8841).
바카라 사이트 The norovirus season runs from July to June (week 27 in year 1 to week 26 in year 2) in order to capture the winter peak in one season.
Note: the number of laboratory reports in the most recent weeks will increase as further reports are received. On 1 December 2014 a new laboratory reporting system was commissioned; as a result, direct comparisons between the earlier report (based on LabBase2) and the new system (SGSS) may not be valid.