Dutch hospital quarantines 12 over breach of hantavirus protocol
The hospital said the workers will remain in preventive quarantine for six weeks after blood and urine were handled under outdated protocols.
- Twelve staff members at Radboud University Medical Centre entered preventive quarantine for six weeks on Monday after failing to follow protocols while treating a hantavirus patient evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship.
- The patient was medically evacuated last week from the MV Hondius, which has been at the center of an international health emergency involving a hantavirus outbreak that resulted in three deaths among the 147 passengers and crew aboard.
- Procedural errors occurred during blood processing and urine disposal, with the hospital stating on Monday, "Due to the nature of the virus, this blood should have been processed according to a stricter procedure."
- Radboudumc board chair Dr. Bertine Lahuis expressed regret, stating, "Despite the fact that the chance of actual infection is very small, these measures have a significant impact on all those involved."
- The MV Hondius is expected to arrive in Rotterdam on Sunday, May 17, 2026, carrying 25 crew and two medical staff who will undergo mandatory disinfection and screening procedures upon arrival.
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A Dutch hospital placed 12 staff members in quarantine as a preventive measure, after the blood and urine of a hantavirus-infected patient were manipulated without complying with strict protocols, informs Tuesday Reuters. The 12 people will remain in quarantine for six weeks, announced Radboudumc hospital in the city of Nijmegen, adding that the risk ...
Twelve employees of the Radboudumc University Hospital in Nimega, in the east of the Netherlands, have been placed in preventive quarantine for six weeks after being potentially exposed to hantavirus when treating an infected patient from the MV Hondius cruise. As the medical center explained this Tuesday, during the care of a patient who was admitted last Thursday from the Hondius there were two incidents related to the management of biological…
In the handling of samples from a hantavirus patient, mistakes were reported. Radboudumc Hospital sends the participants to quarantine for six weeks.
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