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Legionnaires' Disease Associated with a Hotel
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Inspecting a Hotel for Legionnaires’ Disease
When two or more people are diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease and they stayed at the same hotel, health officials will generally investigate to determine if there is an outbreak and the source of that outbreak.
Visual Inspection of the Hotel
Often a health official will visually inspect various parts of hotel, including hot water heaters, storage tanks, cooling towers, whirlpool spas, decorative fountains and potable water systems.
Testing for Legionella Bacteria at the Hotel
If a determination is made to test the hotel water systems for the presence of Legionella, samples are usually taken from the hotel’s cooling tower, whirlpool spa and spa filters, water heaters, hot water storage tanks, and sinks and showers where the people who were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease stayed.
The Legionnaires' Disease tests determine if there is Legionella and the species of Legionella, for example Legionella pneumophila. Further testing can determine the serotype of the species. For example, Legionella pneumophila has 15 serogroups. Even more testing can determine the specific molecular subtype of serogroup. If the people sickened were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ by the culture method, tests can be done to determine if the Legionella that sickened them has the same molecular subtype as the Legionella found in the hotel.
The results of these tests can be used as evidence in a lawsuit against the hotel.
Epidemiological Investigation
Cases of Legionnaires’ disease can be connected to each other and a hotel if all of the people sickened stayed at the same hotel at about the same time and they all presented with signs and symptoms of Legionnaires’ within about 14 days (more in some cases) of staying at the hotel.
Epidemiological findings can also be used as evidence in a lawsuit against the hotel.
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