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Management and prevention of norovirus outbreaks in hospitals

09 December 2008

Nursing Standard

Learning zone continuing professional development

Summary Noroviruses are highly contagious and have become the most common cause of infectious gastrointestinal disease in industrialised countries. This article...

Management and prevention of norovirus outbreaks in hospitals

03 December 2008

Nursing Standard

CPD

Noroviruses are highly contagious and have become the most common cause of infectious gastrointestinal disease in industrialised countries. This article explores the...

Area of high pressure

16 February 2010

Nursing Standard

Feature

This winter’s extreme weather conditions, coupled with an outbreak of norovirus, put the NHS under strain. Many nurses proved their dedication by their willingness...

Gut reaction

29 November 2005

Nursing Standard

Clinical digest

One in five people in the UK suffers an infectious intestinal disease (IID) each year. The most common sources are food, and person-to-person and animal-to-human...

Keep it to yourself

01 March 2011

Nursing Standard

General article

Prevention of the spread of the ‘winter vomiting bug’ norovirus is the subject of three short films, produced by health professionals in Bath.

Global virus alert

19 July 2005

Nursing Standard

General article

As recent events involving SARS and bird flu have shown, foreign travel can be a hazardous undertaking. The burden of disease is high with between 20 and 70 per cent...