10 of the operating rooms at Seattle Children's Hospital have been closed for air filter updates after mold infections were linked to 6 patient deaths.
Seattle Children’s Hospital has shut down 10 of its operating rooms to install new air filtration systems after the deaths of six patients were linked to“We have been working to make our operating rooms safe to prevent aspergillus infections,” the hospital’s CEO Jeff Sperring said at a news conference earlier this week. “To date, we have not been successful.”
“At the time, we believed those were isolated incidents,” Sperring said at the news conference. “We now believe that these infections were likely caused by the air-handling system that serves our operating rooms.”They definitely failed, because all the information was there. State and county health department records show there have been mold problems at Seattle Children’s for years.
“We know this closure will result in the postponement of many surgeries, and we are sorry for the impact this will have on our patients and families,” a statement from the hospital reads. “We are confident this is the safest option for our patients.”
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