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2567304

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
Potential sources of Legionella spp. in a university hospital were investigated over 3 years in order to gain better understanding of the ecology and transmission of this organism to hospitalized patients. The survey highlighted the contamination of the hot water system with high concentrations of legionellas (up to 10(6) cfu 1(-1]. Legionella pneumophila serogroup 6 was predominant followed by L. pneumophila serogroup 10. Serogroup 1 and other species (L. longbeachae, L. micdadei) were rarely isolated. Serogroup 6 was also the predominant cause of nosocomial legionellosis in 15 sporadic cases in immunocompromised patients from 1981 to 1987. In light of this problem, several control measures were tried consecutively. A disinfection cycle with 6 ppm free chlorine failed to eradicate legionellas because of difficulties with the plumbing system. Raising the temperature in hot water tanks to 80 degrees C was effective locally, but mixer tanks where cold and hot water (60-65 degrees C) are mingled in order to achieve 45 degrees C became the principal reservoirs. Disconnecting the mixer tanks, maintaining a temperature of 60 degrees C in the heating tanks and accelerating the flow rate in the hot water system proved to be the most useful measures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0195-6701
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
121-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Legionella spp. in a hospital hot water system: effect of control measures.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Cliniques Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article