Hospital's Decorative Fountain Source of Legionnaires Disease Outbreak

Researchers discovered that six of eight confirmed patients diagnosed with Legionnaires disease were exposed to a decorative fountain near a hospital's main entrance, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Read the full report in Becker's Hospital Review on Legionnaires disease.

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