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Casey introduces bill to make Legionnaires' reporting mandatory at VA hospitals
East Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 19 days ago
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Sen. Bob Casey today introduced a bill that would require VA Health System medical facilities nationwide to report confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease and other infectious diseases to health agencies. Mr. Casey, D-Pa., introduced the bill in the
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Report criticizes Pittsburgh VA handling of Legionnaires' outbreak
East Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Hamill / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Maintenance and communications problems led to the Legionnaires' outbreak that sickened 21 veterans and killed five of them at the Pittsburgh VA hospital in 2011 and 2012, according to a review by the U.S. Veterans'
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Legionnaires' case finds water issues (NZ Newswire)
Canterbury :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
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Journey Invite friends to discover what they are reading by connecting to Facebook. Connect with friends on Facebook and start sharing new and exciting content. Legionnaires' case finds water issues NZ Newswire March 16, 2013, 8:38 am Issues with
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Pittsburgh VA: Fatal case of Legionnaires' disease contracted outside the Oakland hospital
Toronto :: Canada | 3 months ago
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Hamill / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Tests on a man who was a patient at the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs hospital in Oakland and died at the end of January after contracting Legionnaires' disease show that he did not contract the illness in the hospital.
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Source of girl's Legionnaires' disease remains unknown
Auckland :: New Zealand | 3 months ago
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Wednesday Feb 27, 2013 The source of Legionnaires' disease contracted by a young girl at Starship Children's Hospital remains unknown. The girl is in a critical condition and possible sources of the disease, including shower heads, taps, air
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Legionnaires disease strikes child at Starship hospital
Wellington :: New Zealand | 3 months ago
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A child battling legionnaires disease is believed to have been exposed to the potentially deadly bacteria during a stay at Starship Children's Hospital. The child is in intensive care and other patients in the ward have been tested for the disease,
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VA denied responsibility for Legionnaires' deaths
Greensburg :: PA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Hamill / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The wife of the most recent victim of the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs hospitals said Thursday that two weeks after her husband died in November, and the day before her husband was to
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W. Pa. VA hospitals under scrutiny after deaths
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Faulty maintenance and poor management at two Pittsburgh VA hospitals may have contributed to the deaths of five patients from a deadly strain of Legionnaires disease, according to testimony at a Congressional hearing on Tuesday. Those allegations
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Hearing: Legionnaires may have killed 5 at Pa. VA
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Federal health officials now say five people may have died from Legionnaires' disease at local Veterans Affairs hospitals over the last two years, not the one person previously reported, a congressman said Tuesday. The information emerged at a
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House subcommittee to take testimony on Legionnaire's outbreak
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Hamill / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A House subcommittee looking into the Legionnaires' disease outbreak at the Veterans' Affairs hospital in Oakland that has killed at least one veteran, will hear during a hearing Tuesday from two former researchers
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