Visitors to Airedale Hospital are being urged to help prevent the spread of the winter vomiting bug norovirus.
Anyone with a cough, cold or flu-like symptoms, or who has had vomiting and/or diarrhoea within the previous 48 hours, is being asked to stay away from the hospital at Steeton, near Keighley.
The advice extends to people who have had infectious conditions, such as chicken pox or mumps, or had contact with sufferers.
Rob Dearden, director of nursing at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We know that visitors sometimes feel they must take every opportunity to visit sick friends or relatives in hospital, even if they have been unwell themselves or been in contact with someone else who has been unwell.
“However, there is a chance they could pass on any bugs to their loved ones so we are asking anyone who has had any symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting to not visit hospital until at least 48 hours after the symptoms have gone.”
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