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| Baby unit shut over MRSA outbreak | Baby unit shut over MRSA outbreak |
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| A hospital in Lancashire has closed its neonatal unit after six babies tested positive for a strain of MRSA. | A hospital in Lancashire has closed its neonatal unit after six babies tested positive for a strain of MRSA. |
| The East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has said that none of the affected babies at the Royal Blackburn Hospital are seriously ill. | The East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has said that none of the affected babies at the Royal Blackburn Hospital are seriously ill. |
| Those being treated for the bug, which is a rare type of MRSA, are being kept in separate areas. | |
| "Everything is being done to eradicate this strain of MRSA from the unit," the trust said. | |
| The unit was shut when the infection was first identified in mid-September, but the closure has only just been made public. | |
| 'No new outbreaks' | |
| Rineke Schram, medical director at the trust, said babies are being screened to see if they are carrying MRSA on their skin. | |
| She said: "The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will be re-opened once we are sure that all the babies are returning a negative result when they are screened for carrying the MRSA organism on their skin. | |
| "We are confident this will be as soon as possible but we are unable to say exactly when that will be. | |
| "However, as there have been no new outbreaks and the small number of babies affected is getting even smaller by the day, the NICU unit have done an excellent job in keeping the incident contained." |