Open Letter by Dr B. Bedford PhD Legionella Control ProEconomy Ltd Tel.: +44(0)1525 854111 E-mail: birgitta@proeconomy.com Dr John Lee, of Leegionella Ltd, recently gave an interesting presentation entitled ‘Managing water safety: pros and cons of different treatment regimes’ at the RSPH ‘Water Safety – It’s choice, not chance’ meeting, showing a shocking photograph of a […]
Legionella Pneumophila Legionella pneumophila is a disease-causing microorganism, which is ubiquitous in water systems and can infect people, being particularly dangerous for hospital patients that have a compromised immune system. This microorganism is well known for causing Legionellosis (Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever). L. pneumophila and other species of the genus Legionella thrives in temperatures between 20 […]
Code of practice for the sampling and monitoring of hot and cold water services in buildings The new standard BS8554:2015 (Code of practice for the sampling and monitoring of hot and cold water services in buildings) was published last month. This was a long awaited publication (by us at least). It clarifies which copper and […]
Issue 1 of the new ProEconomy Newsletter was published recently. We aim to keep you up-to-date on a monthly basis with what we do, new scientific articles and our blog articles. The 1st Issue Of The New ProEconomy Newsletter The first issue reports on the installation of the Orca at Churchill Hospital (part of John […]
ProEconomy were at the IHEEM 2015 Annual Conference, from Tuesday to Wednesday, 20-21 October 2015, at Stand: D43, next to the VIP area. What Is Healthcare Estates? Healthcare Estates is a unique event that consists of the IHEEM Annual Conference, Awards Dinner and the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the sector. The IHEEM 2015 Thank […]
What Are Biofilms? Biofilms are layers of microbial cells that become attached to surfaces submerged in water. Legionella is one of the important bacteria species that contaminate water systems from public water supplies and borehole waters. They then colonize these systems from biofilms, where they are protected from disinfection. In fact, biofilms play an important […]
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Professor Hans-Curt Flemming, from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, recently gave an interesting presentation entitled ‘Are my bacteria really dead?’ at the IBBS meeting (http://ibbsmeeting.org/). This suggested that bacteria, such as Legionella spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in water systems may be in a Viable But Not Culturable (VBNC) state when exposed to biocides. Basically Professor […]
Copper is a trace element, of which we need around 1.2 mg per day.
A blog by a scientist/writer who attended the Legionella and Environment Action Platform – L.E.A.P 2, where she highlights what the event was like for her.
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