Infection Control

Currently on my rural placement, I have been fortunate to experience a situation in which infection control was enforced. On the Monday, a patient presented with constant diahoriah through out the day, and the next day half the ward had loose stools and occasional vomiting. By Wednesday 14 out of the 26 beds on the ward where determined to be positive noro virus.
Through out the week I witness a very efficient display of infection control by the nursing staff and infection control team, with patients being isolated and rooms rearranged to decrease the opportunity of transmission. All staff had a meeting to educate them on appropriate infection control precautions to exercise while on ward including gown, gloves, mask and hand wash between all patients.
As a staff member who had been on ward and exposed to positive patients, I was unable to work on surgical ward to prevent transmission. Although the infection precautions were quite intense, I was very impressed with how the whole situation was handled. By the next week the ward was clear and back to normal, and none of the staff caught the virus.
This experience taught me how important it is to follow precautions and it was a credit to the nursing staff how controlled this episode was. As I have never experienced a similar event, I am now aware of hospital protocols with regards to infectious disease.
If anyone would like to comment on similar previous experiences that was not handled as well that would be appreciated.