National Institute for Communicable Diseases says strict infection control is needed at hospitals to reduce the effect of the klebsiella bacteria SICK people and babies under one-month-old are more vulnerable to the fatal klebsiella bacteria‚ which has been reported to have infected at least nine babies in KwaZulu-Natal’s Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital.National Institute for Communicable Diseases director Dr Shabir Madhi said the bacteria is not a uniquely South African problem, but is found in hospitals all over the world."People who are hospitalised longer are more vulnerable to the bacteria‚ and those with weak immune systems‚ including babies just under one-month‚" said Dr Madhi."We must remember that it is not the reason people go to hospitals; they get it from the hospitals."He said that in order to help reduce the effect of the bacteria hospital health workers must practice strict infection control, such as the washing of hands."Health workers are the main sources of this b...
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