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Dip Slides - The UK’s Health
and Safety Executives (HSE) Approved Code of Practice
and Guidance (ACoP) "Legionnaires' disease: Control
of legionella bacteria in water systems" (L8) recommends
the use of dip
slides for microbiological monitoring of wet cooling
systems.
Frequency of Testing
The ACoP L8 recommends that microbiological tests using
dipslides should be performed on a weekly basis. Testing
at monthly or longer intervals is not sufficient to
identify rapid changes in microbiological growth that
can occur, particularly during the late spring to early
autumn period, when temperature conditions are most
favourable to the growth of legionella bacteria.
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UK's Health & Safety Executive.
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