The infection commonly affects patients who have been treated with antibiotics
While in some cases a patient may have already developed an infection prior to admission, many are directly associated with hospital healthcare.
Those most at risk include people taking long-term antibiotics, patients who have had to stay in a hospital or a care home for a long time, those with underlying health conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, cancer or kidney disease, or who have a weakened immune system because of a condition such as diabetes or through the side effect of a treatment such as chemotherapy.
“We have recently started on a full deep clean plan taking place at both the Friarage site and the James Cook site [which] has been clinically agreed to combat that.”