The unit was shut to new patients on Thursday evening after two patients showed an initial positive test for vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE). If VRE gets into the systems of seriously ill people, like those in intensive care, it can infect wounds and the intestines. Patients have been moved to the Derby Royal Infirmary during further tests.

VRE, which can occur in the bodies of healthy people without causing harm, can be spread via contact with a carrier or an object on which the bacteria is present.

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Derbyshire | Bug outbreak shuts hospital ward

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