GoKawiilUPMC Hospitals Overhaul Protocols as Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Grows
UPMC's community hospital in Lititz, Pennsylvania has evaluated about 50 measles patients since April, with roughly 20 requiring hospitalization, according to infectious disease specialist John Goldman. Statewide, Pennsylvania has logged 943 cases, 176 hospitalizations and five deaths as of September 30, part of a national measles resurgence topping 3,600 cases this year, the highest since 1991.
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The outbreak is pushing hospitals to revive isolation practices largely unused for decades, including pre-screening calls, masked parking-lot waits, and negative-pressure rooms, suggesting health systems are retooling infrastructure built for other threats to contain a disease once considered eliminated in the US. The scale of hospitalizations in Lancaster County points to strain on emergency departments in under-vaccinated communities, which could inform how other regions prepare if cases keep rising.
- US measles cases have surpassed 3,600 this year, the highest annual total since 1991.
- Pennsylvania has recorded 943 cases, 176 hospitalizations, and five deaths tied to the outbreak as of September 30.
- UPMC's Lititz hospital now requires pre-arrival screening calls and routes suspected measles patients directly to isolation rooms.
Source: wired.com — Emily Mullin, 2026-10-01
Published there as: “Measles Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New Normal”
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