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Legionnaire's disease identified at hospital in Gloucester Legionnaires' disease identified at hospital in Gloucester
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A patient may have become infected with Legionnaire's disease while at a hospital's dialysis unit. A patient may have become infected with Legionnaires' disease while at a hospital's dialysis unit.
Legionella bacteria was found in a patient at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in October.Legionella bacteria was found in a patient at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in October.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said the patient "may have acquired" it at the unit.Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said the patient "may have acquired" it at the unit.
The hospital said no other patients were affected and "enhanced control measures" removed the risk of it spreading.The hospital said no other patients were affected and "enhanced control measures" removed the risk of it spreading.
What is legionnaires' disease?
A trust spokesman said: "We recognise that this must be a distressing time for our patient and we have been keeping the patient fully informed about this isolated event.A trust spokesman said: "We recognise that this must be a distressing time for our patient and we have been keeping the patient fully informed about this isolated event.
"We are taking further precautions by increasing our water testing to minimise further the chance of this occurring again.""We are taking further precautions by increasing our water testing to minimise further the chance of this occurring again."
A joint review by Public Health England and the hospital will consider whether procedures need to be tightened to prevent it from happening again.A joint review by Public Health England and the hospital will consider whether procedures need to be tightened to prevent it from happening again.