4th Children's Hospital Staffer Has Whooping Cough

4th Children's Hospital Staffer Has Whooping Cough

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Story Published: Sep 5, 2004 at 3:03 PM PST

Story Updated: Aug 31, 2006 at 12:33 AM PST

By KOMO Staff & News Services

SEATTLE - Children's Hospital reports that another hospital staffer has tested positive for pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

That brings the number of hospital workers diagnosed with whooping cough to four.

The latest staff member who has tested positive with whooping cough is a physician who worked in the hospital's emergency department on Sep. 1 and Sep. 2 between 7 pm and 7 am.

On Friday, the hospital announced that three workers were diagnosed with pertussis and may have exposed patients and visitors to the pediatric intensive care unit since August 9th to the disease.

The hospital has not identified any patients who have developed pertussis. Whooping cough is a contagious bacterial infection that usually causes a prolonged coughing illness with little or no fever.

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