TORONTO -- A bacteria outbreak at a Toronto hospital has infected at least 10 newborns and hospital officials were trying to contact 400 women Wednesday who gave birth at the facility over the past month.
"They will be tested to see whether they could have been exposed," said Dr. Kevin Katz, spokesman for North York General Hospital.
Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus, an antibiotic-resistant bug which causes pus blisters, was found at the hospital's maternity ward.
Katz said three infected babies were in hospital Wednesday morning.
He believes someone visiting the hospital unknowingly brought the bacteria into the facility on their hands.
All babies born at the hospital in the past month will be tested to see whether they've been exposed.
"They will be tested to see whether they could have been exposed," said Dr. Kevin Katz, spokesman for North York General Hospital.
Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus, an antibiotic-resistant bug which causes pus blisters, was found at the hospital's maternity ward.
Katz said three infected babies were in hospital Wednesday morning.
He believes someone visiting the hospital unknowingly brought the bacteria into the facility on their hands.
All babies born at the hospital in the past month will be tested to see whether they've been exposed.