There was a spike in infections at the Royal Children's Hospital in Glasgow around the time of a 10-year-old girl's death, according to a report. The document, published by Health Protection Scotland (HPS), was produced following 10-year-old Milly Main's death after she contracted an infection as she received leukaemia treatment at the site, which is shared with the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
After undergoing a successful stem cell transplant in July 2017, Milly had been making a recovery but the following month her Hickman line, a catheter used to administer drugs, became infected.
Milly then went into toxic shock at the hospital and died some days later.
Her mother, Kimberly Darroch, has since said she was "let down and lied to" by health officials over her daughter's death.
The HPS report found there was an upward shift above the infections rate average from March to December 2017, with the upper warning limit breached in August 2017, the month of Milly's death.
It was also breached in March and May 2018, and in September this year.
Different sources of data on positive blood samples among children being treated for cancer in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde over a period of years were compared within the report, with statistical analysis highlighting the months in which rates of positive blood samples were higher than would be expected.
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is one form of gram-negative bacteria that is found in various water environments and was listed on Milly's death certificate in August 2017.
It causes problems mainly in people who have a weakened immune system.
The report follows a whistle-blower's claim to have identified 10 new cases at the site, suggesting young people could have been falling victim to b
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