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| Three new baby NHS poisoning cases | Three new baby NHS poisoning cases |
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| Three new cases of babies developing blood poisoning from a suspected contaminated drip have come to light. | Three new cases of babies developing blood poisoning from a suspected contaminated drip have come to light. |
| It brings the total number of newborns infected to 18, many of them were premature babies. One of them has died. | |
| The babies were being cared for in neonatal intensive care units in nine different hospitals and are said to be responding to antibiotic treatment. | The babies were being cared for in neonatal intensive care units in nine different hospitals and are said to be responding to antibiotic treatment. |
| Of the three new cases, two are said to be likely with one confirmed, Public Health England said. | |
| All started displaying symptoms between Thursday and Saturday last week, but have only now been reported to Public Health England. | |
| The cases were reported after the alarm was raised on Wednesday. The contaminated batches have since been withdrawn, although as they expired on Monday none should have been used since then. | |
| They were all given the liquid feed direct to their bloodstream as they could not be mouth fed. | They were all given the liquid feed direct to their bloodstream as they could not be mouth fed. |
| A total of 162 units were sent out from the contaminated batch to more than 20 hospitals. | |
| 'Saddened' | |
| Public Health England and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are investigating the outbreaks. | |
| The manufacturer of the feed, ITH Pharma, has said it was "saddened" by what has happened and was cooperating fully with the investigation. | |
| The cases have been reported at: | |
| The baby that died was being treated at Guy's and St Thomas's. The baby died on Sunday after being diagnosed the previous day. | |
| Bacillus cereus | |
| The investigation is focussing on the production of the batches on Tuesday 27 May. | |
| Speaking outside the company's north west London base, ITH Pharma managing director Karen Hamling said: "From investigations carried out so far, it would appear the potential contamination is linked to a single sourced raw material ingredient. | |
| "As a mother, as a pharmacist , as someone who has worked for 30 years in healthcare, inside and outside the NHS, I am deeply saddened that one baby has died and 14 others have fallen ill from septicaemia." |