Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bosses at a scandal-hit NHS "super hospital" have admitted that its water system probably caused infections in child cancer ...

The first patient death occurred in July, but water testing was not conducted until November. Test results from November showed high levels of Legionella bacteria, prompting a massive sanitization of ...

Infection control in healthcare water systems addresses the management of waterborne pathogens within hospital plumbing networks, sinks, shower drains and distribution infrastructure. Opportunistic ...

Police Scotland has launched an investigation into the deaths of six patients, including adults and children, believed to have contracted fatal infections at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in ...

PATERSON – The state health department recently found germs that cause Legionnaires’ disease in the water at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in tests conducted after a patient infected with the ...

A health board has accepted that there was probably a “causal connection” between infections suffered by patients and the water system at a flagship hospital. The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry has been ...

Germany hospital hand washing rules changed August 6 when KRINKO removed the warm-water mandate from TRBA 250, citing settled ...