Operation Cataract helped cut the backlog which was blamed on the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Cumbria.
Legionnaires' disease is not contagious and cannot be spread directly from person to person.
Gen-Probe, like Biosite a San Diego firm, made its mark in 1985 with a test for Legionnaires' disease.
The bug, which can cause Legionnaires' disease, was found by routine testing at Menzieshill Community Centre about two weeks ago.
The bacteria, which can cause the lung infection Legionnaires' disease, was discovered in the water system at St Botolph's Court last week.
The patient had been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease during the previous week.
The bacteria which can cause fatal lung infection Legionnaires' disease, was discovered in the water system at St Botolph's Court a week ago.
The death of a patient with Legionnaires' disease at an Essex hospital is being investigated by the police and Health and Safety Executive.
Rules on displaying hot tubs in shops and public places should be reviewed, according to a report into a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.
However, Dr McCormick said, although they were "confident" they had identified the source, because of its incubation period, more cases of Legionnaires' disease were expected.
More worrying still, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry has warned makers of 24-hour baths, which keep supposedly purified water hot all day, that their products may harbour Legionnaires' disease.
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Legionnaires' disease was also linked to the death of a male patient in 2007 and to the death of another man in March last year though inquests into both cases have yet to take place.
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