| Literature DB >> 3540109 |
M C Timbury, J R Donaldson, A C McCartney, R J Fallon, J D Sleigh, D Lyon, G V Orange, D R Baird, J Winter, T S Wilson.
Abstract
The bacteriological investigation of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Glasgow Royal Infirmary affecting 16 patients is described. Most of the patients had been treated in high-dependency areas on two floors of the hospital supplied by the same two air-conditioned ventilation systems. The source of infection was traced to contamination of a cooling tower from which a plume of spray discharged into the intake vents of the two ventilation systems. Rubber grommets within the cooling tower probably provided a nidus of infection there. The control and management of the outbreak are discussed: a policy of frankness about the course and progress of the investigations was adopted and helped to allay anxiety on the part of both staff and media.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID： 3540109 PMCID： PMC2082894 DOI： 10.1017/s0022172400063580
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hyg (Lond) ISSN： 0022-1724