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Legionnaire Disease
New legionnaire disease findings from Y.S. Chen and co-authors described
April 22nd, 2008
According to recent research from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, "A medical centre in Southern Taiwan experienced an outbreak of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease, with the water distribution system thought to be the source of the infection. Even after two superheats and flush, the rate of Legionella. positivity in distal sites in hospital wards and intensive care units (ICUs) was 14% and 66%, respectively." "Copper-silver ionisation was therefore implemented in an attempt to control Legionella colonisation in both hot- and cold-water systems. Environmental cultures and ion concentration testing were performed to evaluate the efficacy of ionisation. When the system was activated, no...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-22)
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