Knitted baby clothes linked to Superbugs
Hospital Health officials waging a war against superbugs have taken action to stop knitted baby clothing from being available.
Hats, bootees and blankets which are knitted and donated by volunteers, could be causing the spread of infections. Annually hundreds of items are donated for the babies, many of whom are too small for baby clothes that are mass-manufactured. These often welcome gifts are now banned from Royal Blackburn Hospital neonatal unit in Lancashire.
The hospital was hit by an MRSA outbreak in 2007 that forced it to close its neonatal unit, after six babies tested positive. Last year babies were quarantined after traces were found of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, or ESBL.
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