Legionella Control International are currently recruiting for a Director (Legionella Consulting Services) to lead our rapidly expanding risk management consulting team.
We are world leading legionella risk management experts providing independent and impartial advice relating to the risk assessment, control, management and prevention of Legionnaires’ disease, legionella and pseudomonas risks.
A new report from investigators at the Texas Department of State Health Services has revealed that an infant died a few weeks after being born at home in a heated birthing pool.
Legionella Control International are currently recruiting for a senior legionella consultant to join our rapidly expanding risk management advisory team. We are world leading legionella risk management experts providing independent and impartial advice relating to the risk assessment, control, management and prevention of Legionnaires’ disease, legionella and pseudomonas risks.
A new CDC study reveals that New Yorkers living in poverty are at a higher risk from the potentially fatal bug Legionnaires’ disease. The US based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recently published the findings of a comprehensive nine year study in to the incidence and risk factors associated with Legionnaires’ disease in New York entitled “Legionnaires’ Disease Inciden
A new report published by Public Health England titled “Legionnaires’ disease in England and Wales 2013” has highlighted the disproportionate number of cases of this potentially deadly bug affecting Londoners. During 2013 London recorded over 20% of all cases of Legionaires’ disease, however, the potential for a problematic outbreak of the disease in the city has been highlighted before
In our recent article, ‘HSG220 Health and Safety in Care Homes and Legionella Control’ we wrote about the importance of legionella control in residential care homes for the elderly. Many of the residents of such homes are considered as being in the highest risk group to contract Legionnaires’ disease, and now following the publication of Public Health England’s report titled ‘Legionnaire
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) fourth version of its proposed legionella standards for the prevention of Legionellosis associated with building water systems (Legionella Standard 188P: Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems) has been released for public comment until November 10 2014.
An international team of scientists have identified specific proteins that protect Legionella bacteria from being destroyed by the human immune system, opening the door to the development of new anti-legionella drugs. Scientists at Spain’s CIC bioGUNE (the Basque Centre for Cooperative Research in Biosciences), in conjunction with Barcelona’s SuperComputing Centre and the United States’ Nati
Researchers in Japan have identified dishwashers as a source of Legionella bacteria that resulted in the contamination of two tap water sources in a hospital. During a routine inspection of the hospital water services carried out in 2011, Legionella bacteria were identified. Two follow-up investigations were conducted to determine if this contamination was simply a rare one-off or was a more wides
Landlords and property owners face hefty fines if they fail to comply with the latest legionella legislation recently updated by the Health & Safety Executive. The revised legislation deals with the control of risks associated with legionella, a water-borne bacteria, which although rare, can have serious and often fatal consequences if it develops into Legionnaire’s disease. With the help of spe