Mola Lenghi

WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C.

CHEVERLY, Md. --- Just one month after reopening its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Prince George’s Hospital Center closed the NICU again after potentially deadly bacteria resurfaced.

The hospital evacuated five infants after two tested positive for Pseudomonas, a drug resistant bacteria, that was found in the NICU water supply for the second time in three months.

The hospital center reopened on October 4 and officials reassured the public that the hospital was safe after being closed the previous two months. Hospital officials said the hospital flushed the water supply and installed bacteria-catching filters throughout the facility after infants were exposed to the bacteria in August.



“We are working very closely with a team of experts to ensure that the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is completely safe before we return to full operations,” CEO Neal Moore said in August.

After this latest case, the hospital issued a statement, once again, saying it will be “relentless in eliminating the bacterium however possible.”

The hospital said it is working with public health and infection experts to find the source and county and state officials are now a part of the investigation.