Hospital Reopens Rooms After Legionnaires Disease Cleanup

Atlanta's largest hospital is ready to begin moving patients back into rooms where the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease was recently detected.

A spokeswoman on Monday said Grady Memorial Hospital is ready to reopen 11th-floor rooms, after test results that show an intensive cleaning worked. A 12th-floor area also is safe, but a hospital spokeswoman says that will remain closed for repair work.

Last month, lab tests showed legionella bacteria in water samples taken from the two areas, where four patients came down with the disease since Jan. 1. All were treated and released.

(AP)