Bacterial outbreak shuts Toronto neonatal unit

[CBC News]

A serious bacterial outbreak has forced an emergency closure of the neonatal intensive care ward at Toronto's Women's College Hospital, posing a potential problem for other hospitals.

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[Air Advocate]

What kind of company do you call to clean something like this up?

Where can some one get trained for this?

 

[Tonington]

Trained for what? If you're talking about identifying potential pathogens, that's microbiology. Most universities with a science program will have microbiology available. If I don't get accepted in the Air Force after I graduate, I'm thinking I will stay here at my school and do a masters in Microbiology. Our department doesn't have enough Masters students to keep up with the Projects, so they had to hire lab techs. The trend is expected to continue.

 

[Air Advocate]

what tools would be used to clean it up even

I mean the people that clean it up not test if it is their or not

 

[Tonington]

I would hazard a guess that this falls under Health Canada's mandate, in conjunction with their Ontario counterparts. I would also hope the employees have training as I mentioned above. Identification is one step, quarantine and control is the next and equally important step.