An article published on LinkedIn, by Dr V. Barbosa yesterday discusses isolation, analysis methods, and control measures for multi-drug resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. What Is Stenotrophomonas maltophilia? S. maltophilia is associated with wet surfaces and aqueous solutions. Its cells have the ability to survive with minimal nutrients, in drinking water, ultrapure water, treated water and dialysate effluent. […]
It now recognises that the temperature control regime is the traditional approach and no longer the preferred strategy.
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 […]
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 […]
Easy to use software monitors risk assessments and flushing of low-use water outlets to help fight Legionnaire’s Disease and Pseudomonas. “I’d totally recommend it, without hesitation! I love L8guard!”
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 […]
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.
How the Orca System Controls Legionella We introduce you to a video on ProEconomy’s YouTube channel showing how the Orca system controls Legionella and Pseudomonas in water systems. ProEconomy is a UK water treatment company which produces the Orca Copper and Silver Ionisation System for the control of Legionella and Pseudomonas in water. We have […]
In this blog, we discuss the danger of non-touch sensor taps and analyse links between non-touch sensor taps and Pseudomonas. BBH – Danger Of Non-Touch Sensor Taps An article in the Building Better Healthcare (BBH) website entitled ‘Non-touch taps could be fuelling Pseudomonas outbreak, report claims’ discusses a Department of Health report suggesting a link […]
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