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Written by: Chen Jingqi
2020-05-16 20:57
Last update date: 2020-05-16 20:57A Mary Hospital spokesman announced today (16th) that there were 4 males and 3 female infants in the Newborn Intensive Care Department. One of them was diagnosed as a drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrier, and one of them developed symptoms of infection.
A total of 7 infants in the Intensive Care Department of Newborn Infants at Queen Mary Hospital were carriers of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. (Profile picture)
Infection of BB is 6 days to 1 month old
The spokesman pointed out that a 1-month-old baby boy in the Intensive Care Department of his newborn baby was diagnosed as a drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrier after regular weekly tests on the 20th of last month. The hospital continued to screen other infants in the intensive care unit of the newborn baby according to the established infection control procedures, and confirmed that there were another 6 infants, 3 men and 3 women, aged 6 days to 1 month, which were drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers By.
Mary Hospital said it will further strengthen screening in the Intensive Care Department of Newborns and continue to closely monitor the health of babies in the ward. At the same time, the hospital will also strengthen the thorough cleaning and disinfection of the relevant wards, closely monitor the health of the babies in the wards and strengthen environmental screening, and strictly implement the protection measures for contact transmission to enhance the hand hygiene of staff and patients.
The hospital has also reported the case to the head office of the Hospital Authority and the Centre for Health Protection for follow-up.
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