Legionnaire’s Disease

Legionnaires’ Disease in Healthcare Facilities
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Legionnaires’ Disease in Healthcare Facilities

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Legionnaires’ Disease in Healthcare Facilities

By Cara Christ|2017-06-22T11:11:49-07:00June 22nd, 2017|Preparedness|

A recent CDC Vital Signs highlighted Legionnaire’s Disease, a serious and often deadly, lung infection (pneumonia) caused by the bacterium “Legionella”. People are exposed to Legionella when they breathe in mist (small droplets of water in the air) containing the bacteria. Most healthy people do not get sick after being exposed to Legionella. Elderly people, current [...]

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New Data shows Legionnaires’ Disease on the Rise
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New Data shows Legionnaires’ Disease on the Rise

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New Data shows Legionnaires’ Disease on the Rise

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:48:48-07:00June 17th, 2016|General|

A recent CDC Vital Signs has highlighted Legionnaire’s Disease, a serious lung infection (pneumonia) caused by a type of bacterium “Legionella”. In the United States every year, about 5,000 people are infected with Legionnaire’s disease and about 10 percent who get sick will die due to these infections. The number of people with Legionnaire’s disease grew by nearly four [...]

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