Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Legionella link to Royal Caribbean 'not definitive'

An ex-captain's death from Legionella cannot be definitively linked to a cruise ship, an inquest has heard.

Tore Myhra, 57, died in a Miami hospital in November 2009, four days after becoming ill on board a Royal Caribbean cruise.

An inquest in Norwich heard the ship tested negative for Legionella.

Norfolk assistant deputy coroner David Osborne said: "It's not possible to definitively say the ship was more likely than not the source."

But, he added, some water samples were taken only after "remediation" had been carried out because a passenger on the ship's previous cruise died of Legionella on her return to the UK.

Read more - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24571431

For information on Legionella control, visit - http://www.akvo.co.uk/legionella-control--water-hygiene.html

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