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11/05/2007
Belfast maternity unit closed due to infection
A neo-natal unit has been temporarily closed after three premature babies picked up a life-threatening infection at a Belfast hospital.
A spokesperson for the Royal Maternity Hospital said that the infants are now stable and the unit is currently closed to new admissions.
It is understood the multi-resistant enterobacter infection can affect vulnerable babies in special care units.
The hospital spokesperson said: “The facility has been closed to new admissions and we don’t know for how long. They are taking specialist advice from the infection control team.”
Strong antibiotics have been used to treat the babies, who have been separated from the healthy infants and specially trained nurses are closely monitoring them.
There are 21 units in the maternity unit, with six of them in intensive care and 11 in specialist care who have not contracted the bacteria.
(JM/SP)
A spokesperson for the Royal Maternity Hospital said that the infants are now stable and the unit is currently closed to new admissions.
It is understood the multi-resistant enterobacter infection can affect vulnerable babies in special care units.
The hospital spokesperson said: “The facility has been closed to new admissions and we don’t know for how long. They are taking specialist advice from the infection control team.”
Strong antibiotics have been used to treat the babies, who have been separated from the healthy infants and specially trained nurses are closely monitoring them.
There are 21 units in the maternity unit, with six of them in intensive care and 11 in specialist care who have not contracted the bacteria.
(JM/SP)
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