Patients are getting Legionnaires’ disease while in health care facilities in most parts of the country, and many of these often fatal cases could have been prevented, according to Acting CDC Director Anne Schuchat, MD.
“Three-fourths of areas studied had patients who got infected with Legionella when they were hospitalized or in long-term care facilities,” Dr. Schuchat said. “Legionnaires’ disease in health care settings is widespread, deadly and