Patients are being issued bottled water and some showers are not being used after the legionella bacteria was found at UK's Leicester General Hospital last month, according to an article on the Leicester Mercury website.
Managers at the hospital said they are waiting for test results before they can give the all-clear to surgical wards 28 and 29, at the hospital.
Dr David Jenkins, consultant medical microbiologist and deputy director of infection prevention and control, said routine testing had found a level of legionella bacteria which had triggered the hospital's safety plan.
Jenkins said boiled drinking water is being provided and hand-wash basins and toilets remained safer to use, although patients were being asked to put the toilet seat lid down before flushing.
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