Link: Babies Isolated For Colonised MRSA Outbreak (from The Herald ).
Five newborn babies on an intensive care ward have been isolated after the MRSA bug was found on their skin.
Another seven babies in the unit who were unaffected by the outbreak were immediately moved to temporary accommodation at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley to prevent the bug from spreading.
The five affected infants are being looked after in isolation in the hospital’s special care baby unit. None has been infected by the bug but they have colonised MRSA, which means the bacteria has simply lodged on their skin. Most people with colonised MRSA experience no symptoms and require no treatment.
