Sample taken from the hand of a nurse at the “SF MARIA” Children's Hospital, positive at the Bacteria Serratia Marcescens
The interim director of the Directorate of Public Health (DSP) Iasi, Dr Liviu Stafie, confirmed, on Tuesday, October 7, during a press conference, that there is a second test, taken in the hands of a medical nurse from the Children's Hospital “Sf Maria”which was positive at the Bacteria Serratia Marcescens.
Hundreds of samples were taken from the body of the hospital. Photo FB “SF MARIA” Hospital Iași
From the intensive therapy in the body of the children's hospital „St. Mary“From Iasi, hundreds of samples were taken from the air installations, surfaces, drain networks, the hands of the staff, after detecting the outbreak with the Bacteria Marcescens, but so far only two of them have been positive, said Liviu Stafie, according to Agerpres.
“We have two positives. One in the drain of a sink and another in the sample on the hand of an assistant”he told the press Dr Liviu Stafie.
The interim director of DSP Iaşi also presented the way in which the institution he manages acted in the case of the outbreak of nosocomial infections at the Children's Hospital “Saint Mary”specifying that the final report of the Control Corps of the Ministry of Health will be transmitted directly to the Prosecutor's Office, the investigation being in progress.
Liviu Stafie stressed that, according to the Order of the Ministry of Health no. 1101/2016, Children's Hospital “Sf Maria” He is responsible for managing internal outbreaks, with DSP intervening only at the request of the medical unit.
“The sink was mounted in the sanitary group”
According to his statements, the lack of sinks in the intensive therapy salons of the Hospital of the Hospital “St. Mary” contravenes the Order no. 1500 regarding the endowment of the ATI spaces.
“Legally, Order 1500 clearly says that you need sinks in each space. I do not know what this means, maybe in the locker room. (…) There, taking into account the limitation of space, the sink was mounted in the sanitary group. It had to be said, as a compliance plan, the addition of new sinks. said DSP Iasi director.
According to the quoted source, at the hospital „St. Mary“A series of measures were imposed aimed, among others, the revision of the self -control plan and the epidemiological sheets, the permanent monitoring of the microbial flora, the immediate reporting of any outbreak, including on the weekend.
We recall that the new interim manager of the Children's Hospital in Iași resigned after just one week after appointment
