Fifteen cases of blood poisoning (septicaemia) in babies in neonatal intensive care units on the mainland caused by a bacteria known as Bacillus cereus are being investigated by the Public Health England (PHE) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust have made a statement confirming the Maternity and Neonatal Intensive Care services on the Isle of Wight are unaffected.
Pharmacist Liz Harrison said,
“I can assure patients that we do not use the baby feed identified by Public Health England (PHE) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) as being the possible cause of this infection.
“We do use another different product produced by ITH Pharma Limited and we have, as a precaution, quarantined the batch produced in May 2014. There is no evidence that babies at St. Mary’s have been affected by the problems found elsewhere.”
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