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VERONA – It would have been nestled in a water tap used by the staff of the Intensive neonatal therapy at the Hospital for Women and Children of Borgo Trento in Verona on Citrobacter, a bacterium that would have been the cause of the death of four children between the end of 2018 and this year, and that led health officials to shut it down. This is the conclusion reached by the report of one of the two commissions appointed by the Veneto Region.
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This is the so-called “external commission”, coordinated by Vincenzo Baldo, Professor of Hygiene and Public Health at the University of Padua. Another report, to be delivered to the Prociura della Repubblica di Verona, is made up of internal members of the regional administration. According to the conclusions of the external commission, Citrobacter would have colonized the tap, probably due to a failure or partial respect of hygiene measures; another mistake may have been use tap water and not sterile water. The first controls by the top management of the Verona university hospital began in January and were later interrupted due to the Coronavirus emergency.
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“I received the report on the case of the Citrobacter bacteria in the Hospital for Women and Children of Verona from the Inspection Commission that I had activated at that time, chaired by Professor Baldo from the University of Padua.” Thus, the president of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, interviewed by ANSA. “I have instructed the Mantoan Regional Health Secretary – he continues – that this report be sent to the Public Ministry and made available to the Integrated University Hospital of Verona and the families of children affected by the bacteria, so that they can know the doubts immediately ». Last update: 12:28
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