An outbreak of ESBL-producing E. coli in a NICU

In 2011 the neonatal unit at Singleton Hospital, Swansea experienced an outbreak of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli. The lessons learnt from a root cause analysis of the events and rapid response to the infection are presented

Shabeena Hayat, Nidhika Berry, Ann Lewis, Jane Turton, Jean Matthes