Neighborhood closed to admissions to Glasgow Children's Hospital

One unit was closed to new admissions to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow after two young patients had an infection.

A number of measures have already been put in place in the service to improve the water supply and the quality of the air.

The NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde however stated that there was "nothing that links infections to neighborhood infection control practices or the environment".

Ambulatory patients and day cases are treated normally.

A spokeswoman for the board of health said, "Infection rates remain within the expected range for patients treated in ward 6A, but with two infrequent infections, we take the precaution of examining and infection control procedures and the pavilion environment.

"These are two different infections and at this stage, there is no way to link infections to service infection control practices or the environment.

"In order to facilitate our investigations, we must keep some of the room unoccupied for a short time."

She added: "In addition, we take the precaution of prescribing prophylactic antibiotics to patients in the ward."