Friday, 2 August 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Listeriosis - Europe (05): (UK) nosocomial, fatal, meat sandwiches

Hospital-Related Infection, Listeriosis -- United Kingdom
A 6th person has died from a _Listeria_ infection after eating NHS sandwiches, Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed, as they continue to investigate whether more people have died at dozens of trusts.
In June [2019], public health officials said 5 seriously ill patients had died, and 9 more infected, after eating food, which contained the deadly bacteria _Listeria_.
On [Thu 1 Aug 2019] they confirmed that 1 of the 9 patients infected has now died.
PHE said it was continuing to

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6601489&promed&0

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