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After fixing cause of mold infections, Seattle Children's hospital won't be dropped from Medicare, Medicaid program

By Seattle Times  
   August 15, 2019

The medical center ran afoul of the program’s requirements earlier this year after Aspergillus mold sickened three surgical patients on the hospital’s Seattle campus. Children’s attributed the mold to problems with its air-filtration system. Three other patients were infected by the same mold in operating rooms last year, and one of them died several months later.

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