Dr Birgitta Bedford was invited to lecture on Legionella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa control with ward nurses at Derriford hospital.
Birgitta Bedford is the first person who has a PhD degree in Legionella control.
Dr Birgitta Bedford lecture
For the lecture Dr Birgitta Bedford was asked to discuss ProEconomy’s copper and silver ionisation system. This has been installed at Derriford hospital for the last 12 months with great results. She was also asked to lecture upon the dangers, issues and techniques of controlling Legionella and P. aeruginosa.
The Orca System
Before the installation of the Orca system, Derriford hospital had serious issues with Legionella control. They had employed various techniques in an attempt to control it, h
owever all had failed. The Orca system was installed 12 months ago. Since then it decreased the number of tap points that had positive Legionella counts by 4 fold.
Birgitta was especially keen to talk to ward nurses about controlling P. aeruginosa. Pseudomonas thrives in any moist environment, including on skin, surfaces and cloth and not just in water systems. Therefore, this requires staff to maintain good hygiene practices
Birgitta discussed how P. aeruginosa is spread, its behavior in water systems and outside of water systems.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a similar species to Legionella. Furthermore, research shows that the levels of copper and silver necessary to control Legionella in water systems will also control P. aeruginosa.
Dr Birgitta Bedford stresses that ‘it is important to not only run outlets regularly to maintain good levels of copper and silver but to also ensure that good hygiene is in place’.
She went on to discuss the practices that should be employed to minimize risk. Furthermore, she discussed how copper silver ionisaton is the only control method that effectively controls Legionella and P. aeruginosa in water systems.
If you would like Dr Birgitta Bedford to discuss any of these issues with staff at your site then please get in touch to arrange a talk.
