Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – USA (11): (WA) nosocomial, fatal, susp. heater-cooler units, RFI
PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – USA (11): (WA) nosocomial, fatal, susp. heater-cooler units, RFI
Hospital-Related Infection -- United StatesThree heater-cooler units -- equipment used to heat and cool patients during heart surgery -- tested positive for _Legionella_ bacteria at the University of Washington [UW] Medical Center in Seattle, according to a statement from UW Medicine. The news comes after the bacteria infected 4 patients at the hospital, causing a type of pneumonia known as Legionnaires' disease. Two of the infected patients have died.The source of the outbreak has been linked to Read more [...]
