A couple of weeks ago my 3 week old baby was hospitalised with severe staph aureus septicaemia,a form of impetigo. Numerous people sad it was unusual for a newborn to be infected with this illness. When I asked the drs how he contracted it they said it was just 'bad luck', but after we got out of hospital I discussed it with verious people (including health visitor)and they said it was probably picked up when he was first born, in the maternity unit. I was all set to leave the matter but I've just read about two poor little premature babies who have died in Luton Hospital of an ecoli infection and 7 others had the bug in their gut. Are maternity units clean enough? Interested to hear if anyone else has had a similar experience.
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