article_snippet.sent: A surgical unit at St Mary's Hospital, London, has not accepted new patients in more than a week after eight were found to be carrying carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, or CPE.
article_snippet.sent: The Zachary Cope Ward has been closed after patients contracted a superbug, The Zachary Cope Ward has been reported.
article_snippet.sent: The Zachary Cope Ward was closed on April 15 when eight patients were found to be carrying CPE, a spokeswoman for for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust told MailOnline.
article_snippet.sent: The 20-bed unit, which specialises in vascular surgery, is now undergoing a deep cleaning and patients continued to be screened for The antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
article_snippet.sent: A 20-bed surgical unit at St Mary's Hospital, London, has not been accepting new admissions for more than a week after a number of patients were found to be suffering from CPE.
article_snippet.sent: There is no suggestion The antibiotic-resistant bacteria could spread to other areas of the hospital.
article_snippet.sent: A spokeswoman for the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust said: 'A ward at St Mary’s Hospital is temporarily not taking new admissions after we found that a small number of vascular patients were carrying a microorganism in a small number of vascular patients gut. '
article_snippet.sent: St Mary’s Hospital is screening other patients on A ward at St Mary’s Hospital to check for infections.
article_snippet.sent: A 20-bed surgical unit at St Mary's Hospital, London is expected to reopen early next week.
highlights_snippet.sent: A surgical unit has been closed after patients contracted mutant superbug .
  