Infection is primarily carried out via objects and the department is now reviewing its cleaning and hygiene routines to prevent repetition.
None of the infected children has fallen ill. However, the children are at risk of continuing to be the carrier of the bacterium. But according to a press release from Region Kalmar, there is little risk of children getting sick from this later in life.
The incident is now reported according to lex Maria by the hospital's chief physician Gunhild Nordesjö Haglund.