Legionella testing is essential in all kinds of situations where the bacteria may be present. However, testing a water sample is only the beginning. The sooner you find out whether Legionella bacteria is present in your water systems, the sooner you can take appropriate action to deal with it if it is.
Landlords have a duty to make sure anyone renting and staying in their property is safe from any potential hazards that could pose a threat to their health and safety. This applies to all landlords who rent out properties to individuals, and also to those who rent out rooms in hostels and manage housing associations, for example. This article considers the risks posed by legionella and Legionnaire
The families of three men who died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease have received payouts totalling £200,000 from the DIY store where the outbreak originated.
The news has carried several reports of drug-resistant bacteria in the past year or so. This was brought into sharp focus last year when four patients at a UK hospital, the Manchester Royal Infirmary were discovered to have the superbug known as carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, known for short as CPE.
Few people have heard of Pontiac fever, and yet most are aware of Legionnaires’ disease. It is intriguing therefore to discover that both illnesses are triggered by the same bacteria… called Legionella bacteria.
While Legionnaires’ disease is rare, it is a serious infection. In the UK the fatality rate has hovered around the 12% mark on average when cases occur in the community. However, the actual rate has been anywhere from 9.3% to 15.3%. These figures were taken from a report issued by Public Health England in 2014.
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With commercial aviation becoming an increasingly routine part of our every day lives, very few air passengers who embark on a flight ever consider a plane as a vehicle of infection. However, air travel has introduced its own particular hygiene issues such as waste disposal, airborne disease, contaminated food stuffs and the transmission of illness by rodents and flying insects.
Legionella testing using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) techniques is one of a number of ways that can be used to determine whether Legionella bacteria is present in a water sample. With the ability to get same day quantitative results, some industry experts believe it is the legionella test of choice when there is a possible outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, where time is critical and analysi