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Mold outbreak in Seattle Children's Hospital linked to infections, deaths since 2001
Updated 2:13 pm PST, Monday, November 18, 2019
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Children's Hospital said Monday it believes a mold outbreak that has sickened seven patients, one fatally, since summer 2018 is linked to mold-related infections dating back nearly two decades.
Five children died from infections linked to Aspergillus mold in operating rooms at Children’s from 2001 to 2014, and two others became ill, Dr. Jeff Sperring, the hospital’s chief executive, said in a written statement.
Those cases were thought at the time to be isolated, but officials now believe they and the more recent infections are all linked to inadequate air filtration, he said...
Mold outbreak in Seattle Children's Hospital linked to infections, deaths since 2001
Updated 2:13 pm PST, Monday, November 18, 2019
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Children's Hospital said Monday it believes a mold outbreak that has sickened seven patients, one fatally, since summer 2018 is linked to mold-related infections dating back nearly two decades.
Five children died from infections linked to Aspergillus mold in operating rooms at Children’s from 2001 to 2014, and two others became ill, Dr. Jeff Sperring, the hospital’s chief executive, said in a written statement.
Those cases were thought at the time to be isolated, but officials now believe they and the more recent infections are all linked to inadequate air filtration, he said...