SCOTLAND: Probe continues into E.coli toddler - (Edinburgh Evening News)
February 5, 2008 – 4:57 pmInvestigations were, according to this story, continuing today after a child at a city nursery was found to have E.coli.
The story says that a boy at the Newhaven Nursery, in Newhaven Place, was diagnosed with the O157 strain of the potentially fatal disease.
NHS Lothian’s public health team and the city council’s environmental health officers have been informed and are investigating.
Nursery bosses said the premises had been thoroughly disinfected after the youngster became infected through an “external source”.
Owners Careshare said the incident was dealt with quickly, and confirmed that there are no plans to close the nursery.
A spokesman for Careshare Nurseries was quoted as saying, “This is an isolated case and the public health department has confirmed that the nursery was not the source of the infection. As soon as we were made aware of it we instigated stringent procedures, which included the use of powerful cleaning agents. The authorities have […]
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