Staff at Dutch hospital with hantavirus patient quarantined after procedure errors: hospital
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May 11, 2026
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Twelve staff members at a Dutch hospital treating a hantavirus-positive evacuee from the MV Hondius cruise ship are in preventative quarantine after procedures were not followed correctly, the hospital said Monday.
Procedural errors were made in taking blood and disposing of the patient’s urine, said the Radboud University Hospital in the east of the country in a statement.
“Due to these circumstances, twelve employees are going into preventive quarantine for six weeks as a precaution, even though the risk of infection is low,” added the hospital.
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