Hong Kong cases of ‘public enemy No 1’ superbug more than double in 2018, prompting Hospital Authority to unveil five-point plan to halt the spread
30 May 2019
Dr Raymond Lai Wai-man, chief infection control officer at the Hospital Authority, which manages the city’s 43 public hospitals and institutions, said the number of inpatients diagnosed with carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE) last year was 972, a dramatic rise from 473 in 2017.
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