A ward at Northampton General Hospital was put on special measures after MRSA was detected twice in one month.
Board papers reveal action was taken on Creaton ward during March after the superbug was found on the skin of one patient in February and another during March.
An environmental audit also highlighted high dust levels on curtain frames and computer keyboards. Both areas were cleaned and self-imposed special measures, including more stringent checks on hand washing and daily cleanings with sanitizer, were introduced.
Suzie Loader, who is in charge of infection prevention at NGH, said: “These were precautions we took to prevent the spread of the skin colonisation.
“It is important to note that colonisation does not mean people were infected with MRSA. For that to happen it needs to be in a patients blood and that was not the case.”