TVNZ producer Kate McCallum has tested positive for the superbug MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) while working undercover in a resthome for current affairs show Close Up."We sent Kate out to try and get work in a rest home that we had received complaints about, she was taken on without providing a CV or any scrutiny of her background whatsoever", said Close Up Executive Producer, Mike Valintine.
McCallum only discovered that several of the patients she had fed and cared for that day had MRSA after already completing her first day of training.
"Kate wasn't told to wear gloves or a mask nor was she advised to take rudimentary precautions like washing her hands between patients so after discovering she was exposed to a superbug we immediately had her tested and the results revealed she has MRSA".
TVNZ has been told that she is in good health and expected to make a full recovery.
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