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CALIFORNIA
Health officials rap hospital for outbreak
LOS ANGELES -- Hospital staff did not properly clean medical instruments linked to a deadly bacterial outbreak at a neonatal intensive-care unit, state regulators have concluded.
White Memorial Medical Center closed the unit Dec. 4 after an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sickened five infants. Two of the babies died, and their deaths were thought to have been caused by the pathogen.
In a report issued Tuesday, inspectors from the California Department of Health Services faulted hospital staff for not following manufacturer's recommendations for sterilizing laryngoscope blades, which are used to insert breathing tubes. The report said the respiratory-therapy staff simply wiped the blades with soap, tap water and alcohol wipes.
A White Memorial statement said the report "confirms the hospital's preliminary findings."
The neonatal unit has been reopened, and officials said there have been no new infections.
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