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MDHHS identifies McLaren Flint Hospital as common source in Legionnaires outbreak
by Madeline Ciak
Tuesday, May 29th 2018
FLINT, Mich. --The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has completed their Genesee County Legionnaires case review, according to a news release.
They were only able to find one common source for the outbreak, and that was a common health facility exposure at McLaren Flint Hospital.
The MHHHS review also found that:
Of the 83 patients for whom a complete exposure history was available, 54 (65 percent) case patients had hospital building exposure.
51 of 54 (94 percent) case patients with hospital healthcare exposures were at McLaren Flint Hospital.
Of the 32 cases who did not have a McLaren Flint health-care associated exposure, only nine lived on Flint water.
No other large building with high risk plumbing was identified as a common source of exposure...
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See: Epidemiology of Legionnaires' Disease in Genesee County, Michigan, 2014-
2017
CHART BOOK
MAY 2018
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/flintwater/GC_Legionella_ChartBook_FINAL_624171_7.pdf
MDHHS identifies McLaren Flint Hospital as common source in Legionnaires outbreak
by Madeline Ciak
Tuesday, May 29th 2018
FLINT, Mich. --The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has completed their Genesee County Legionnaires case review, according to a news release.
They were only able to find one common source for the outbreak, and that was a common health facility exposure at McLaren Flint Hospital.
The MHHHS review also found that:
Of the 83 patients for whom a complete exposure history was available, 54 (65 percent) case patients had hospital building exposure.
51 of 54 (94 percent) case patients with hospital healthcare exposures were at McLaren Flint Hospital.
Of the 32 cases who did not have a McLaren Flint health-care associated exposure, only nine lived on Flint water.
No other large building with high risk plumbing was identified as a common source of exposure...
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See: Epidemiology of Legionnaires' Disease in Genesee County, Michigan, 2014-
2017
CHART BOOK
MAY 2018
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/flintwater/GC_Legionella_ChartBook_FINAL_624171_7.pdf