“His condition did not manifest itself in risky behaviour and he was able to undertake his own personal care with minimal assistance. ![]() “They had no cause to imagine he might deliberately or accidentally ingest a cleaning agent. “It is accepted unreservedly, with the benefit of hindsight, that Steri Germ ought not to have been stored in an accessible place in the room. ![]() “Steri Germ was sourced in bulk and diluted and decanted into bottles and this may explain the absence of a label on the bottle in question. “There was an outbreak of Covid in the home and Mr Fyfe was one of those affected. They admitted between and June 1 2020, failing to ensure Mr Fyfe was not exposed to risk by failing to make suitable and significant assessment of the risks associated with storing cleaning products in resident’s rooms. The company, which has 120 staff, 59 residents, and turns over between £2 million and £10 million annually, admitted failing to ensure residents were not exposed to risks to their health and safety. Lawyers on behalf of Peter and Carol Philip - directors of Tigh-Na-Muirn Ltd - submitted a guilty plea to breaching two sections of the Health and Safety Act. “They failed to adequately assess the risk posed to residents from the storage of Steri Germ in rooms.” Failures admitted “It is not known why the bottle in his room had not been labelled. “Cleaning chemicals were never usually kept in rooms and were locked in the cupboard but in the circumstances of the pandemic and infection control they were in the Covid-positive rooms. “A post-mortem examination revealed the primary cause of death resulted from the ingestion of ammonia-based cleaning product. “He gradually deteriorated the following day and staff determined to move him to palliative care and he died on 31 May. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. ![]() Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. ![]() Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across.
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