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Employees sue hospital over tuberculosis
Infection Control Monitor, September 7, 2007
Seven employees at Pinecrest Hospital in Beckley, WV filed a lawsuit against the facility saying they tested positive for tuberculosis after the state-run hospital installed an air conditioning system that compromised a negative air flow system, reported The Register-Herald.
Lewisburg attorney Barry Bruce filed the suit on behalf of a custodian, two health service workers, three security guards, and an administrative assistant-all of whom continue to work at the hospital, the newspaper reported.
The suit contends the hospital installed a through-the-wall air conditioning system in August 2001 compromising the negative pressure in the tuberculosis isolation rooms and letting contaminated air reach other sections of the facility.
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