Seattle Children's closes operating rooms because of mold
SEATTLE — Seattle Children’s hospital has closed all 14 of its main operating rooms as it continues to work on removing the mold that was detected in its facilities a month ago, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The hospital detected traces of Aspergillus mold in several operating and equipment storage rooms May 18, Seattle Children’s spokeswoman Kathryn Mueller said in an email to The Seattle Times on Sunday.
“Aspergillus is a common mold often present in the air we breathe,” Mueller wrote in the email. “However, in rare instances it can cause complications for surgical patients.”
Seattle Children’s initially only shut down four of the rooms but has since closed off the other 10, Mueller said. The risk to surgical patients is “very low,” she said, but the hospital has contacted all patients who might have been exposed to the mold.
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