Mitchell E, O'Mahony M, McKeith I, Sprott M S, Codd A A, Wright A G
PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK.
J Hosp Infect. 1989 Jul;14(1):1-8. doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(89)90127-8.
In September and October 1987, an outbreak of gastroenteritis due to small round structured viruses occurred in a large psychiatric hospital. A total of 149 people, 83 patients and 66 members of staff, were affected over a 26-day period. Most cases were associated with three psychogeriatric wards. The outbreak highlighted the special problems of infection control in long-stay psychiatric units and methods of overcoming these difficulties are discussed.
