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01 September 2020Citrobacter.
It is the name of the killer bacterium that allegedly lurks in a water tap used by the staff of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital of the Woman and Child of Borgo Trento.
It would have been the bacterium that caused the deaths of four children between the end of 2018 and this year.
For this reason, the health managers decided to close on 12 June last.
This is the conclusion reached by the report of one of the two commissions appointed by the Veneto Region, and an anticipation of which was published today by Corriere del Veneto.
This is the so-called "external commission", coordinated by Vincenzo Baldo, full professor of Hygiene and Public Health at the University of Padua.
Another report, which will be delivered to the Public Prosecutor's Office of Verona, is composed of internal members of the regional administration.
According to the conclusions of the external commission, Citrobacter would have colonized the tap perhaps due to non-compliance with hygiene measures.
Another hypothesis is to have used tap water instead of sterile water.
The first checks by the top management of the Verona university hospital had begun in January and were then interrupted due to the Coronavirus emergency.