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Is Improper Sanitization the Likely Cause of Virginia Mason Klebsiella Pneumoniae Bacterial Outbreak?

The last thing a sick patient and their family worry about upon admission to a hospital – is that something dangerous in the hospital environment may further sicken or kill them.

But in 1846, after puzzling over the reason for high disease and death rates...

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Class action certification granted in lawsuit against  Seattle Children’s Hospital for exposing its child patients to Aspergillus fungus

Seattle, WA - Following three years of litigation, Judge Jim Rogers of King County Superior Court, certified a class action for all Seattle Children Hospital patients who were exposed to Aspergillus fungus in the hospital between December 2, 2016, and November 2019, and received preventative medical treatment resulting in damages.

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