Overview

• The province’s health authority ordered a halt to a specific dishwashing detergent in all Bolzano hospitals after NAS inspections flagged it as a potential transmission source.
• Carabinieri NAS investigators have shifted focus from a parental transmission theory to examining the detergent’s contamination at the Procura’s request.
• Ospedale San Maurizio’s NICU underwent a comprehensive sanitization plan, non-infected neonates were relocated, and additional staff were deployed.
• The ten other premature infants remain under observation in stable condition, while new admissions below 32 weeks are suspended and some cases redirected to Santa Chiara hospital in Trento.
• Prosecutors continue reviewing protocol compliance and supply safety and are considering opening an involuntary manslaughter file.