A Palo Alto nursing facility continues to operate under quarantine

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Palo Alto nursing facility under quarantine
By Diana Samuels


Daily News Staff Writer

Posted: 04/21/2009 11:38:51 AM PDT
Updated: 04/21/2009 11:38:52 AM PDT



A Palo Alto nursing facility continues to operate under quarantine after several patients had flu-like symptoms last week.

Administrators at Lytton Gardens Senior Communities closed its 145-bed skilled nursing facility to outsiders Saturday morning in consultation with the county's health department, said skilled nursing administrator Linda Hibbs.

Hibbs said she'd heard about a wave of flu passing through the community and decided to be cautious.

Only one additional patient has come down with a fever since the original cases, Hibbs said. Most of the original patients have recovered, she said.

The quarantine will extend through at least Thursday, Hibbs said. Nursing home administrators will then evaluate the situation, and could extend the quarantine until Saturday because the flu virus' incubation period lasts several days.