Five newborn babies in isolation with MRSA infections
12/10/2005 - 07:34:28Five babies at the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin have reportedly been isolated after testing positive for the MRSA 'superbug'.
Reports this morning said the bacterium had been detected on the infants' skin, but none of them had fallen ill as a result.
MRSA only becomes dangerous if it infects a wound or enters the bloodstream, but the children have been isolated as they can still spread the illness to other people.
Meanwhile, inspections of private nursing homes in the mid-west and north-east have reportedly found 35 residents with MRSA infections.
This morning's reports said the bacterium was found to be present in 11 nursing homes in the mid-west, two in Cavan and three in Monaghan.
