Legionnaire’s lingers at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center in Tampa Bay, Fla., but experts say there is little danger for patients or staff, according to an article on the TBO website.
Late last year, the bacteria was found in half the sites tested in the mental health treatment building at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center.
No patients or staff in the building contracted the disease and tests after cleanup efforts showed only three of the sites tested positive for Legionella pneumophila.
But the results show the challenges hospitals face in dealing with a bacteria that’s commonly found in water supplies, the article said.
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