{"id":2448680,"date":"2019-09-12T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=312792"},"modified":"2019-09-12T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T03:15:00","slug":"four-cases-of-stomach-bug-prompt-investigation-into-glenwood-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/four-cases-of-stomach-bug-prompt-investigation-into-glenwood-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Four cases of stomach bug prompt investigation into Glenwood resort"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A construction worker paints lines on the steps on the closed Sopris Splash Zone at the Glenwood Hot Springs Pool on Thursday afternoon.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

State and local public health departments are investigating four reported cases of the stomach bug cryptosporidiosis in four visitors to the Glenwood Hot Springs Resort\u2019s Sopris Splash Zone on Aug. 18.<\/p>\n

Garfield County Public Health confirmed the four cases and investigation.<\/p>\n

A microscopic parasite, cryptosporidium \u2014 also known as crypto \u2014 causes the diarrheal disease cryptosporidiosis. Cryptosporidium remains one of the most common causes of recreational water illness in the U.S.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 11, the Glenwood Hot Springs Resort received notification from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment of its issuance of a health advisory to public health agencies and health care providers regarding four cases of cryptosporidiosis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been determined that these four cases involved persons who had visited our children\u2019s water attractions area, the Sopris Splash Zone, on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019 at the Glenwood Hot Springs Resort,\u201d John Bosco, Glenwood Hot Springs Resort vice president, said in a statement Thursday. \u201cWe immediately began assisting the Colorado Department of Health and the Garfield County Department of Health in their investigation, and are cooperating fully to ensure that the crypto leading to these cases has been fully eradicated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bosco said employees were conducting \u201crigorous disinfectant protocol\u201d to the Sopris Splash Zone and stated the area would remain closed until it was determined to be safe for public use.<\/p>\n

The Sopris Splash Zone includes a children\u2019s play area with mini water slides, interactive water features, shallow play areas and shade structures.<\/p>\n

Bosco added that employees also would perform \u201crigorous disinfectant protocol\u201d on the resort\u2019s Shoshone Chutes Adventure River out of an abundance of caution.<\/p>\n

Whether either attraction would reopen as planned this weekend remains in question.<\/p>\n

The Glenwood Hot Springs Resort\u2019s pool, however, remains open to visitors and is not part of the investigation.<\/p>\n

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, crypto spreads when someone swallows water contaminated with fecal matter containing the parasite.<\/p>\n

Cryptosporidiosis has an average incubation period of seven days and symptoms, which generally last one to two weeks, include: watery diarrhea, abdominal pain and cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever and weight loss.<\/p>\n

According to Garfield County Public Health, the Glenwood Hot Springs Resort had \u201ctaken all recommended mitigation measures\u201d and went on to say that its \u201cchlorine levels during the time of concern were within the appropriate regulatory range.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply sorry and apologize to any of our visitors who have had a negative experience related to our water play area. Glenwood Hot Springs Resort considers the safety of our guests to be top priority and uses state-of-the-art filtration and disinfection systems in this area with 24-7 monitoring,\u201d Bosco stated. \u201cAll required systems appear to have been functioning properly and pool chemistry was within the state required levels at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A construction worker paints lines on the steps on the closed Sopris Splash Zone at the Glenwood Hot Springs Pool on Thursday afternoon.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent State and local public health departments are investigating four reported cases of the stomach bug cryptosporidiosis in four visitors to the Glenwood Hot Springs Resort\u2019s Sopris Splash Zone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2448680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 16:15:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}