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30th March 2015
A Surrey fire station has fully reopened despite traces of legionella bacteria still being found in the building following a six-week outbreak.
Raised levels of the bacteria were found at Staines fire station during a routine inspection but were within "safe parameters".
The building has been in use during the day. Night-time crews have returned after being based at Sunbury.
The fire service said it was "difficult to completely eradicate".
Showers were removed and portable toilets brought in to allow work to be carried out on pipe work, and chemical treatments used to try to eliminate the bacteria.
Read more on the BBC Website
8th April 2015
Prosecutors have decided against bringing any criminal charges over the deaths of four people in a legionnaires’ disease outbreak in west Edinburgh three years ago.
The Crown Office, Scotland’s prosecution authority, said it had proved impossible to identify the source of the bacterial outbreak, leaving it with insufficient evidence to take a person or company to court.
The outbreak caused alarm in the heavily built-up areas of Gorgie and Dalry after the first cases emerged in early June 2012. More than 1,000 people reported potential symptoms, and 92 cases were identified; 45 people were admitted to hospital, some of them critically ill.
Read more on the Guardian website
12th June 2015
A hospital trust has been fined £50,000 following an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in 2011 that may have hastened the death of an elderly patient.
Joan Rayment, of Eastbourne, is thought to have contracted the bug from a shower at Royal Sussex County Hospital.
An inquest found she died from natural causes seven days after she tested positive for the disease.
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals admitted a health and safety offence at a previous hearing.
It was also ordered to pay more than £38,000 in costs during sentencing at Lewes Crown Court on Thursday.
A health and safety investigation into the trust began following the death of Mrs Rayment.
Read more on the BBC Website
31st July 2015
The supplement to HTM04-01, or Health Technical Memorandum 04-01: Supplement, is released and confers information on thermostatic mixing valves within healthcare premises.
Designed as a useful tool to help with the commissioning, installation and routing maintenance of the units in order to ensure the correct and safe operation for the end user.
Download your copy via the HSE website
11th August 2015
An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York - largest in the city's history - has left at least 12 people dead and health officials scrambling to contain the deadly bacteria.
More than 100 cases have been reported in the South Bronx, one of the city's poorest neighbourhoods.
Officials have traced the legionella bacteria to cooling towers in more than a dozen buildings.
The elderly are especially at risk from this form of pneumonia.
All but one of the 12 victims were older than 40 years old and all of them had underlying health problems.
Cleaning crews have been dispatched across the Bronx to kill the bacteria. The disease is not transmitted person to person. It is primarily spread via air conditioning and similar systems.
Read more on the BBC Website
28th August 2015
A Somercotes-based engineering firm which put the lives of workers and residents at risk after potentially exposing them to lethal legionella bacteria has been ordered to pay £187,252 in fines and costs. Derby Crown Court heard today, Friday, August 28, how Chromalloy UK limited pleaded guilty to two charges from May 2011 to June 2012 brought by the Health and Safety Executive. Chromalloy admitted failing to ensure the health and safety of workers and non-workers by exposing them to potential risks from air-borne legionella bacteria. Prosecuting barrister Austin Stoton explained the risks were posed by corroded and poorly maintained water-based cooling tower systems and a failure to carry out repairs.
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18th September 2015
Five cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been discovered in Shropshire, health officials have revealed. Four of the cases were in the Telford area.
The earliest case was confirmed in Telford in June, with the other four cases confirmed between August 19 and September 2. Of the five confirmed cases, three victims remain in hospital and are recovering and the other two patients have been discharged from hospital.
Cam Morgan, speaking on behalf of Public Health England, said: “We can’t say where the victims caught the disease at the moment because we haven’t been able to isolate the source, although we are working hard with HSE and environmental officers to do that.
Read more on the Shropshire Star website
14th December 2015
Workers' showers at Bifrangi foundry in Lincoln have been quarantined after a "slightly positive" test for Legionella.
Dave Pearson, health and safety manager at the plant in Spa Road, said that shower heads, hoses and the water feed have been disinfected with chlorine and the system flushed following the discovery at the end of November.
He said: "Regular Legionella checks at the end of November showed there was a slightly positive test for Legionella.
"The showers are now probably 99.9 per cent safe for users but we would rather be 100 per cent certain so we have decided not to re-open them until we get a test result which is due next week."
Read more on the Lincolnshire Live website
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