1 dead, 2 sick in Florida after drinking contaminated hotel water

Posted: December 14th, 2009 - 12:53pm by Doug Powell

A Miami hotel has been evacuated after 1 guest died and 2 more fell ill from drinking contaminated water.

The hotel in question here is the Luxury Epic Hotel in downtown Miami, home to more than 300 guests at the time of the evacuation.

On Sunday, all guests were relocated to surrounding hotels, following the discovery of the cluster of cases of people falling ill.

It is yet to be confirmed that there was Legionella bacteria in water at the hotel, but health officials are confident that this indeed is the problem.

The fatality was reported in a man who stayed at the hotel 3 months ago, and was recently just learned of by health officials.
 

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Categories: Food Safety Policy
Tags: Death, Florida State University, Illness, Legionella, Miami, Water

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BioSentry says:

This event could have easily been avoided with the use of an on line bacteria monitoring system that provides real-time information on amount of bacteria within the Hotel???s water supply. JMAR???s continuous monitoring system would have indicated any buildup of bacteria in the Hotel???s water and corrective action could have been taken before anyone became ill.The best solution is a low cost and energy efficient BioSentry Unit monitoring the water within resort hotels to keep your guests safe and ensure confidence in the water quality. For less than 35 cents a day per hotel guest, the Epic Hotel could have provided early warning of bacteria in the water and taken action before it became a problem. For more information please visit our website at www.jmar.com.

Posted on December 16th, 2009 - 6:10pm

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