Posted on 07/03/2019 7:38:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The patient was one of six to develop an infection from 2018-2019, according to Alyse Bernal, public relations manager for the hospital.
The infections follow several operating rooms being shut down in May by the detection of Aspergillus mold in the air. The hospital said that the risk to patients was low, but that it was contacting those who might have been exposed.
The Children's Hospital patient died after developing an Aspergillus infection in 2018, Bernal said. Details about the patient and the case have not been shared for the sake of privacy.
Gaps in air filtration is believed to have been key in the presence of mold, Bernal said. While the hospital works with outside industrial hygienists to clear the rooms of Aspergillus contamination, all 14 of the hospital's main operating rooms remain closed, Bernal said.
Aspergillus is a common mold that most people breathe without getting sick but that poses a greater risk to those with weakened immune systems or lung disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health problems can include allergic reactions, lung infections and other organ infections.
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A hospital is a dangerous place to be.
That is so sad, my heart breaks for the parents.
>> Those who died of the infection were transplant patients. <<
Need to occasionally send a robot through with some cesium, and irradiate all the hospital rooms.
Utterly delighted to see things falling apart on the Left Coast.
You are delighted that a child died from a horrible infection.
With Seattle’s annual rainfall I suppose the battle against mold is a fierce one that is being fought everywhere.
ALL hospitals should be using UV purification systems and not just relying on filtration.
Lots of good people on the West Coast, idiot.
>>You are delighted that a child died from a horrible infection.
Well, in his defense, that child would most likely have grown up to vote democrat. Sometimes, you gotta take the long view, however ugly it might appear.
Ugly indeed.
LLet them stay on the Left Coast!
Yea, people who keep electing Democrats to office and then complain about whats wrong...Moron!
Third world diseases are around the corner
Thats on their idiot Democrat parents, or clueless Independent parents or Republican parents too stupid to leave.
Waiting for the Political Cartoon showing Trump driving through the Operating Room in a Golf Cart.
You are delighted by the death of an innocent child, huh? Please live stream your suicide for all of us to enjoy, scumbag.
You’re as sick as that other clown on this thread.
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