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| Two inmate deaths linked to infection, not cleaning solutions |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/11/2005 |
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Two Allegheny County (Pa.) jail inmates died of a bacterial infection, not after inhaling cleaning product vapors, as had been originally thought, the coroner said Friday. The deaths of Amy Sartori, 31, of Pittsburgh, and Valeriya Whetsell, 50, of Wilkinsburg, last month were from a secondary bacterial infection caused by drug-resistant staph infection, Allegheny County Coroner Cyril Wecht said. The pathogen is increasingly found in closed environments such as hospitals and prisons, Wecht said. Viral cultures also revealed the women had the flu. Wecht disclosed the findings Friday after reviewing autopsy and lab results. Officials originally thought the women inhaled vapors from improperly mixed cleaning products. The women had been cleaning the jail, where bleach, disinfectant and ammonia are typically used, before becoming sick. |
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