Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Infobox Hospital
Name = Royal Brisbane
and Women's Hospital
Org/Group = Queensland Health
Caption =
Location = Herston
Region = Brisbane
State = QLD
Country = AU
Coordinates =
HealthCare = Medicare
Type = Teaching, Tertiary Referral
Speciality =
Standards =
Emergency = Yes
Affiliation = University of Queensland
Beds = 948
Founded = unknown
Closed =
Website = http://www.health.qld.gov.au/wwwprofiles/rbwh_hsd.asp
Wiki-Links = |
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital is a hospital located in the suburb of Herston in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [cite web| title =Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Health Service District | publisher =Queensland Government
url =http://www.health.qld.gov.au/wwwprofiles/rbwh_hsd.asp | format =District profile | accessdate =2008-02-12 ]
The hospital currently has a total of 948 beds. It is estimated that 65% of the patients served come from 15 kilometres of the hospital.
In January 2008 there was a public health scare over concerns about lead levels at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Lead tests carried out at a Brisbane hospital found levels were safely below recommended standards. Queensland Health said there was no need to worry about children being exposed to lead at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital after air and surface swabs returned results below the levels recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). [cite web| title =Hospital lead levels 'no cause for concern' | publisher =Brisbane Times | url =http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/hospital-lead-levels-no-cause-for-concern/2008/01/25/1201157657853.html
format =Web article | accessdate =2008-02-12 ]
In February 2008 the hospital was hit by a "super bug" outbreak. The bacteria, known as Vancomycin resistant enterococci or VRE. The hospital closed two 30-bed wards to new admissions in early December after 21 patients tested positive to VRE. Nurses were forced to take extreme measures to stop the bacteria spreading. [cite web| last =Miles | first =Janelle | title =Hospital hit by super bug outbreak | publisher =News.com | url =http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23192373-421,00.html | format =News article | accessdate =2008-02-12 ]
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