Legionellosis

No known illnesses from Legionella bacteria found in Washington County VA clinic, official says

2013-05-17 00:04:02

The bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease have been found at the Pittsburgh VA's outpatient clinic in the Washington Crown Center mall in North Franklin. Clinic officials are not aware of any illnesses from the contamination, so there were no...

Power cut in VA operating rooms

2013-05-11 00:00:00

A contractor working on the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System's Oakland campus accidentally cut power for more than three hours in two operating rooms while surgeries were taking place, prompting lawmakers to demand answers about what happened. One...

House committee chairman wants 5-year ban on bonuses to VA execs

2013-05-08 09:44:02

A congressional leader called Wednesday for a five-year ban on performance bonuses for senior executives in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, citing awards paid despite a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Pittsburgh and other systemic...

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2013-05-02 20:56:14

OBIT-HARRISBURG BISHOP Funeral set for Harrisburg Roman Catholic bishop PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A funeral is scheduled next week for Bishop Joseph McFadden of the Roman Catholic diocese of Harrisburg. The 65-year-old McFadden died unexpectedly...

Report spreads blame for VA Legionnaires' disease outbreak

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Systemic failures at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System allowed a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak to fester, even as leaders believed they were solving the problem, a Tribune-Review analysis of a report by the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector...

OPINION: Veterans deserve better from VA facility

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Some lessons are hard to learn. When I asked Director and CEO Terry Wolf this week what she learned from the Legionnaires' outbreak at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System she oversees, she simply grinned, looked around the room and took a deep breath....

Paper: VA executives got five-figure bonuses during deadly Legionnaires outbreak

2013-04-25 06:18:06

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The director of the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and a regional director each received five-figure performance bonuses during a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/15Qw8dP )...

Inspector general conducting separate criminal probe into Pittsburgh Legionnaires' outbreak

2013-04-25 00:00:00

A separate criminal investigation is under way by the Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General into how the Legionnaires' disease outbreak was handled by officials at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, but when it will be completed is uncertain....

Pittsburgh VA executives got performance bonuses amidst deadly Legionnaires' spread

2013-04-25 00:00:00

The director of the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and the regional director who oversees her each received five-figure performance bonuses for fiscal 2011 while a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease spread through the Oakland and O'Hara hospitals,...

Highlights of the VA inspector general report on Pittsburgh Legionnaires' outbreak

2013-04-24 00:00:00

A report by the Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General issued on Tuesday found the Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System did not follow its guidelines in combating the deadly Legionella bacteria. An outbreak of the bacteria from February 2011 and...

Inspector General finds Pittsburgh VA hospitals didn't abide by their own Legionnaires' rules

2013-04-23 07:17:51

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The inspector general's office at the Department of Veterans Affairs says the Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System didn't follow its own rules to combat the waterborne bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease. Tuesday's report, first...

Inspector general finds Pittsburgh VA system failed to follow Legionnaires' guidelines

2013-04-23 09:34:02

Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System did not follow its own guidelines in combating the deadly Legionella bacteria, according to a long-awaited investigative report on an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the Pittsburgh hospital system. The report...

Health officials could get preliminary test results back this week in the case of a Saginaw area family who became ill after vacationing near Boyne City. One member of the family was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease.

2012-07-23 07:55:00