O caso de Legionella no Hotel em Miami

Miami Hotel Sits Empty After Legionella Death
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
If you ever had any doubts about the importance of cooling tower cleaning and maintenance, look no further than the current trials and tribulations of the Epic Hotel and Residences in Miami, Florida. It currently sits empty – at a cost of about $200,000 per day in lost room revenues — because three non-related guests became ill with Legionnaire’s disease and one of them died.
The hotel’s water supply was initially believed to be the cause of the incidents. And, while the Epic has since been cleared by Miami-Dade County public health authorities, it will remain closed until authorities determine what did happen. Guests have been transferred to other area hotels and for the time being, the Epic is not accepting any new reservations. A skeleton staff remains to perform needed maintenance.

Three cases of Legionella reported to public health authorities in recent months all had one thing in common – all the victims had been guests at the Epic Hotel, a unit of Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. One, a European man, died of the disease and two others, while infected, eventually recovered. Speculation originally centered on the hotel’s water systems, including the cooling towers associated with the air conditioning system.