Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-lehigh-county-legionairres-outbreak-20131030,0,3773533.story
Six Legionnaires' disease cases tied to Lehigh County outpatient center
Six people sickened, possibly by tainted fountain water
By Dan Sheehan, Of The Morning Call
3:10 p.m. EDT, October 30, 2013
State health officials have asked doctors to take a closer look at anyone who developed pneumonia-like symptoms after visiting a South Whitehall Township outpatient facility because a half-dozen cases of potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease have been linked to the site.
Integrated Health Campus is located at 240 and 250 Cetronia Road and houses a number of offices. In a health advisory issued to hospitals ? though not to the public ? the Pennsylvania Department of Health asked clinicians to be vigilant for signs of the disease, also called legionellosis, among patients who visited the facility in the 14 days prior to their illness.
According to a statement from Integrated Health Campus ? IHC ? the investigation has focused on the 250 building, specifically the fountain in its lobby...
Six Legionnaires' disease cases tied to Lehigh County outpatient center
Six people sickened, possibly by tainted fountain water
By Dan Sheehan, Of The Morning Call
3:10 p.m. EDT, October 30, 2013
State health officials have asked doctors to take a closer look at anyone who developed pneumonia-like symptoms after visiting a South Whitehall Township outpatient facility because a half-dozen cases of potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease have been linked to the site.
Integrated Health Campus is located at 240 and 250 Cetronia Road and houses a number of offices. In a health advisory issued to hospitals ? though not to the public ? the Pennsylvania Department of Health asked clinicians to be vigilant for signs of the disease, also called legionellosis, among patients who visited the facility in the 14 days prior to their illness.
According to a statement from Integrated Health Campus ? IHC ? the investigation has focused on the 250 building, specifically the fountain in its lobby...