The hospital is seeing an increase in Covid and flu admissions.
Nottingham University Hospitals said:
‘We are beginning to see an increase in flu and Covid-19 throughout our hospitals and expect to see these rise over the next two weeks.
‘In order to help protect our patients, staff and visitors and reduce the risk of catching and spreading the viruses, we are now asking people who are visiting our acute admission areas to help protect each other by wearing surgical facemasks.
These include;
- The Emergency Department
- B3
- Acute Respiratory Care Unit
- D57 and level 1
- C4
- C5
- Ambulatory Care Unit
- Papplewick Ward
- Renal Assessment Unit
- Patience 2
- Burns Unit
- Children’s Assessment Unit
- Critical care
- Surgial Treatment Unit
- C31
- Neuro Spinal Assessment Unit
- Frailty Admission & Discharge Unit
‘Some areas with clinically vulnerable patients or areas with higher numbers of respiratory viruses have continued to wear masks, reducing risks of cross infection. These areas include our surgical reception unit, clinical haematology, renal and oncology.
‘We know that surgical facemasks can be effective at reducing ongoing transmission so we ask that everyone wears them when there is a poster indicating that you should do so.
‘We anticipate that this will be for a limited period until cases have peaked and are reducing in hospital and the wider community.’
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