Keywords: legionnaire's disease, risk assessment, investigation, HSE, water temperature,

Fatality brings COSHH conviction for NHS trust

Prosecutions and Claims |
01.05.2007

Failure to maintain a hot and cold water system that led to a patient's death from legionnaire's disease has ended with an £80,000 fine for the Royal United Hospital, Bath, NHS Trust. The trust's inadequate Legionella risk assessment and controls came to light after Daryl Eyles contracted l ...

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