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  • 16 patients at new Ohio hospital diagnosed with Legionnaires'

    Source: https://news.yahoo.com/7-patients-oh...143507990.html

    7 patients at new Ohio hospital diagnosed with Legionnaires'
    Associated Press?June 1, 2019

    GROVE CITY, Ohio (AP) ? Ohio's health authority on Friday ordered a newly opened hospital outside Columbus to immediately flush and disinfect its water lines and take other steps to protect the public's health after seven patients were diagnosed with potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease.

    The Ohio Department of Health said in a statement that the first Mount Carmel Grove City patient diagnosed with Legionnaires', a severe form of pneumonia, was admitted to the 200-bed hospital April 29, the day after it opened. The statement described state Health Director Amy Acton's adjudication order as a rare event.

    The hospital also has been ordered to test and clean its ice machines, clean and service its on-site cooling towers, and provide all test results and a water management plan to the Health Department...

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    Source: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-new...sed/2052339901

    Number of Legionnaire's disease cases at Mount Carmel Grove City increases
    By: NBC4 Staff
    Posted: Jun 04, 2019 03:39 PM EDT
    Updated: Jun 04, 2019 04:56 PM EDT

    GROVE CITY (WCMH) -- The number of Legionnaire's disease cases at Mount Carmel Grove City has increased, according to Franklin County.

    According to Franklin County Public Health, there are now 10 confirmed cases of Legionella being reported at the Grove City facility.

    One person has died due to the outbreak.

    According to the health office, the age range of the patients is between 50 and 90 years old, with six of the patients being female and four male...

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    • #3
      Source: https://www.dispatch.com/news/201906...t-water-system

      Mount Carmel: Legionnaires? disease outbreak at Grove City hospital originated in hot water system
      By Kevin Stankiewicz
      The Columbus Dispatch
      Posted at 3:56 PM Updated at 3:56 PM

      The Legionnaires? disease outbreak at Mount Carmel Grove City came from the hospital?s hot water system likely was the result of inadequate disinfection, health system officials said Thursday.

      At least 16 patients from the hospital have been diagnosed with Legionnaires? disease. One patient, 75-year-old Deanna ?Dee? Rezes, of Grove City, died June 2. On Tuesday, one of the patients filed a lawsuit against the hospital system.

      The Legionnaires? outbreak was announced May 31, just over a month after the seven-floor, $361 million hospital opened. Patients who contracted the severe form of pneumonia were exposed sometime between April 27 and May 31, said Dr. Tammy Lundstrom, chief medical officer for Trinity Health, Mount Carmel?s Michigan-based parent company...

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