Gaynor Evans was giving evidence on Tuesday to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry, which was launched in 2020 after two deaths were linked to infections.
A specialist who has a 27-year career in infection prevention told an inquiry she "had to ask" other experts about some of the infections caught by children at a newly-built hospital.
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry news Senior counsel to the inquiry Fred Mackintosh KC referred to previous discussions during earlier hearings about the concept of "unusual micro-organisms" found at QEUH and asked Ms Evans what should be understood about it.Asked about background rates of infection, Ms Evans said there should always be continuous efforts to reduce background rates.
When asked how this would apply to the kind of "micro-organisms" found at the QEUH, Ms Evans answered: "Some of these I had to ask about because I had never come across them before. If you get a novel organism - it should ring some alarm bells. Where did this come from? Have we seen it before? When was the last time we saw this?
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