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The number of cases of Legionnaires' Disease is still rising around the world. Bob Towse explains how poor maintenance and complacency increases the risk of an outbreak and prosecution for the building owners and occupiers. Deaths and serious illnesses resulting from Legionnaires' Disease remain prevalent in hotels, hospitals and other public buildings, and are usually the consequence of poor maintenance ... read more
Thousands of Auckland businesses are being asking to shock-dose their air conditioning systems to curb an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease. Twelve people have contracted Legionnaires and one has died since an outbreak began seven weeks ago. With the source of the disease still unknown, Auckland Council is now contacting 15,000 businesses in the region asking them to use a super-potent ... read more
The Auckland region has been hit by a sudden increase in reported cases of a potentially fatal lung infection, prompting a health authority to ask for urgent treatment of building cooling towers and other industrial water uses.The Auckland Regional Public Health Service said this afternoon that it had been notified of nine cases of legionnaires' disease in the past six ... read more
A holiday company was urged to clean a water tank months before one woman fell ill and another died from Legionnaires' Disease, a court has heard. Karen Taylor, 53, died after contracting the disease while staying at the Pontins Holiday Centre in Lytham St Annes in July 2009. Preston Crown Court heard an inspection found a water tank which supplied ... read more
A holiday company's "very serious failures" at a Lancashire camp led to a woman's death, a court has heard. Karen Taylor, 53, died after contracting Legionnaires' Disease while staying at the Pontins Holiday Centre in Lytham St Annes in July 2009. At Preston Crown Court, prosecutor Simon Parrington said Mrs Taylor had been "exposed to risk" at the camp. Pontins, ... read more
An 82-year-old Italian woman died after she contracted Legionnaires' disease, a severe, pneumonia-like illness, from the water in her dentist's office, according to a case report published in the journal The Lancet. Scientists who determined the source of the woman's illness, which occurred in February 2011, said during the disease's incubation period the woman only left her home twice to ... read more
Vessel Owners warned about Legionella Risk in Shower Heads A warning has been issued to vessel owners about the need for rigorous maintenance for Fresh Water Tanks and Distribution Systems as water samples from shower heads in two vessels tested positive for Legionella Bacteria.This is covered under the MGN 397 (M+F) Guidelines for the Provision of Food and Fresh Water ... read more
A hospital using prefabricated elements in the construction of a new tower is at the heart of a lawsuit in the USA. The complaint claims that the construction was by a “pre-fabricated method,” in which corridor modules, bathroom pods and patient room headwalls were assembled in leased warehouses a few miles away from the hospital construction site. It is claimed ... read more
Woman Dies After Contracting Legionnaires’ Disease From Dentist’s Office An 82-year-old Italian woman died after she contracted Legionnaires’ disease, from the water in her dentist’s office in February 2011, according to a case report published in The Lancet. Tests on the water showed Legionella bacteria in the dentist’s water line. Water lines carry water from the main water supply to ... read more
Legionella bacteria have been eradicated from the water system at Guernsey's Princess Elizabeth Hospital, according to the health department. Ed Freestone, from the department, said: "We have basically cleared it out of the system and that is a really good result. We have cracked the problem." Heat treatment was used after chemicals failed to solve the problem. Unacceptably high levels ... read more
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