Hospitality Industry Risk Management Update: “Cause of Sickness Linked to Hotel Swimming Pool Remains Unclear”

“An inspector found that the pool’s pH levels were outside the ideal range Monday morning, but it was not clear that the issue was serious enough to sicken someonepool…The incident began about 8 p.m. Sunday when one of the children vomited and the others said they felt sick. They were all treated and released from the hospital by morning, a Children’s Health spokesperson said…”

The cause of a sickness that hospitalized 13 children after they used a hotel swimming pool Sunday night remained unclear Monday.

The pool at Homewood Suites, 4210 Airport Way, remained closed while the incident was investigated, the Denver Department of Environmental Health reported.

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2 Responses to Hospitality Industry Risk Management Update: “Cause of Sickness Linked to Hotel Swimming Pool Remains Unclear”

  1. Insufficient information to determine likely cause, but it sounds to me more like a gastrointestinal illness resulting from the close contact on what is said to be a “long” bus ride rather than something from the pool. Where other guests (non-bus ride) affected?

  2. Insufficient information to determine likely cause, but it sounds to me more like a gastrointestinal illness resulting from the close contact on what is said to be a “long” bus ride rather than something from the pool. Where other guests (non-bus ride) affected?