Why I bathe in bleach. When I bathe, anyway.
This is not the sort of article one likes to see when they are planning on hatching a child at St. Vincent next month. Hopefully Tank remembers to wash his hands a lot:
Baby dies at Portland hospital after exposure to staph bacteria in ICU
BEAVERTON — One baby died at Providence St. Vincent Hospital after being exposed to a staph bacteria in the neonatal intensive care unit, officials said Friday. Hospital officials said the staph infection was a “contributing factor” in the infant’s death. The bacteria was detected during a routine inspection; doctors began treating a group of babies Thursday night. There were 46 babies in the unit at the time. Fourteen of the babies were identified as having the bacteria on their skin or in their nose or mouth. The baby that died was the only one identified as having the bacteria in his or her bloodstream. “They [neonatal babies] are very fragile and they can get sick very easily,” said Marcia Tolmasoff, Director of the NICU at Providence St. Vincent.
