Cases of potentially lethal bug at CUH linked to one ward 

Cork University Hospital saw outbreaks of superbug CPE throughout 2020. The vast majority of them emanating from a single ward. Picture File image

The vast majority of infections involving outbreaks of superbug CPE within Cork University Hospital in 2020 emanated from a single ward which had been long overdue a refurbishment.

Minutes of meetings of the hospital’s senior management taskforce regarding Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) from January until March deal with an initial outbreak in medical ward 1B, which has beds for 35 patients.