The report said the hospital had made an "investment in measures to control legionella" including the introduction of a silver and copper ionisation disinfection system, to replace its chlorinedioxide one.
Diversa, a California biotech, has isolated an enzyme from a volcanic crater in Russia that is now being used to help whiten paper, reducing the need for chlorinedioxide, an environmental pollutant.
Rupert said the same chlorinedioxide treatment will be used on the building's heating, ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC), where spores had been found after the letter was opened in Daschle's office.