Dialysis Water Filtration Systems – Which Contaminants will affect it?
Will your dialysis water filtration unit cope with your Legionella control method?
Biocide tolerance in microorganisms – is there a solution to this problem?
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. […]
Sampling method for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia – an emerging pathogen
Following the publication of the new updated version of the HTM04-01 earlier this year, it is now necessary to ensure safety of all water used by patients, residents, staff and visitors. This minimises the risk of infection associated with all waterborne pathogens. This applies to other waterborne pathogens, not just Legionella. Therefore, safety procedures also […]
Risks posed by germs in toilet plume after flushing toilets
Potentially harmful germs can be found as far away as 6 feet from the toilet after flushing.
The HTM04-01, 2016 – What is new?
It now recognises that the temperature control regime is the traditional approach and no longer the preferred strategy.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa in healthcare facilities and its control with copper and silver ionisation
What Is Pseudomonas Aeruginosa? Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common biofilm-forming Gram-negative bacterium often found in soil and ground water, which is implicated in diseases especially of the lungs. It is an opportunistic pathogen, but rarely affects healthy individuals. It can however cause a wide range of infections in almost any organ or tissue, particularly in patients […]
SMURF-like people! Open letter to delegates of the RSPH ‘Water Safety – It’s choice, not chance’ meeting 03/02/2016
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 […]
Temperature Control Methods – Why these should be 1 of the 7 Deadly Sins
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 […]
The New Code of Practice For The Sampling and Monitoring of Hot and Cold Water Services in Buildings
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 […]
Viable But Not Culturable (VBNC) state of pathogens in water systems – is this important?
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 […]
