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Fire Safety & Legionella
I was onsite last week at an aged care facility speaking to the Facility Manager, where I was providing some information on Water Risk Management Plans and Legionella in general. Let’s call him Brian for the ease of telling this story. Brian asked me about the water in his sprinkler system as he explained that […]
Why you need an Independent Audit for Cooling Tower Management
Undertaking an audit of your cooling tower system can assist in highlighting areas which maybe lacking as part of the site risk management plan. These may even hint to weaknesses in the entire system. Perhaps you get repeat high microbiological results or issues with water chemistry such as scaling or excessive water loss. […]
Common Misconceptions About Legionella
I recently collated the top 4 questions from customers this year and decided to write an article about them… Samples where Legionella is detected means someone could catch Legionnaires Disease? There are multiple species, some have not been found to be pathogenic whereas some are less so. Microbiological water sample results are often […]
Age Factor & Legionella Within Health Facilities
This article will briefly examine why age care and hospitals are of concern when looking at the control of Legionnaires’ Disease. Legionella affects all water systems and potable water supplies. Age care facilities are a high-risk group in terms of Legionella infections. Those of an increased age group tend to be predisposed to severe infections […]
Legionella Rapid Test Kits, where they are appropriate and when they are not
There is a growing popularity of rapid test kits for Legionella widely available on the market. With much marketing information on the advantages such as rapid, easy to follow, accurate and no need for a lab or equipment. Rapid test kits consist of Lateral flow immunochromatographic assay which is a specific antibody (a protein which […]
11 Legionella Risks Around the Home and Work
Often Legionnaires Disease gets associated with cooling towers but there are other sources that are equally as hazardous and often overlooked. Time from exposure to symptoms for Legionnaires’ Disease is typically between 2 and 10 days which can sometimes make it difficult to trace the source retrospectively. Here are 11 potential sources of Legionella you […]
