Please be advised that due to a C. Difficile outbreak Stevenson Memorial Hospital is enforcing visitor restrictions on the Medical Surgical unit starting Monday, June 01, 2015. Visitor restrictions will include:
Stevenson Memorial has implemented strong precautions and safety measures which includes the enforcement of hand hygiene, putting in place new environmental cleaning processes, and a firm commitment to taking a closer look at how we prescribe antibiotics.
By being proactive we are confident that we can stop the transmission of C-difficile and come out of this outbreak in the near term. We thank patients and their families for their understanding as we know these restrictions will pose challenges.