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Legionella
contaminated water cooler - a world first |
Legionella bacteria detected in a
New Zealand Hospital office-type water cooler filter
may be the first case of its type in the world,
health officials say. They are warning businesses
to check office water cooler filters after the find
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HSE
issues warning to NHS Trust Hospital over Legionella
failings |
Liverpool hospital fined
for serious Legionella failings. A warning has been
issued by the HSE to organisations concerning their
responsibilities to control levels of Legionella
bacteria ... |
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Legionella
risk assessment - how good is yours? A 5 step guide |
The UK’s Health and Safety
Executive have recently issued a warning concerning
the standard of Legionella risk assessments following
the successful conviction of a UK water treatment
company that conducted inadequate and misleading
surveys at several nursing homes ... |
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What
Is Pneumonia? What Causes Pneumonia? ... and more |
Pneumonia is an infection of the
lungs that is caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi,
or parasites. It is characterized primarily by inflammation
of the alveoli in the lungs or by alveoli that are
filled with fluid ... |
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A
tool in the fight against Legionella -
.pdf |
Legionella Control International’s
précis of the Department of Health’s
HTM 04 will act as a useful tool for anyone with
responsibility for the control of Legionella in
a healthcare environment ... |
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Controlling
Legionella - Defining the "Responsible Person"
role |
A Job Description - In a Legionella
control context the term "Responsible Person"
is identified in the HSE's Approved Code of Practice
& Guidance document L8 as someone with day-to-day
responsibility for controlling any identified risk
from Legionella bacteria ... |
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Scientists
identify structure of key disease bacteria components
... and more |
A team of scientists from the UCL
and Birkbeck Institute of Structural and Molecular
Biology (ISMB) have identified the structure of
a key component of the bacteria behind such diseases
as whooping cough, peptic stomach ulcers and Legionnaires’
disease ... |
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HTM
04Precis - Controlling Legionella in Healthcare
Environments |
HTM 04 - “Health Technical
Memorandum 04-01: The control of Legionella, hygiene,
“safe” hot water, cold water and drinking
water systems” was first published by the
Department of Health in 2006 replacing HTM 2027
& HTM2040. It builds on the HSE’s Approved
Code of Practice document “L8” … |
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Climate
change could lead to a surge in Legionnaires' disease
... and more |
Climate change could lead to a
surge in cases of Legionnaires' disease, Government
scientists have warned. A study carried by the
Health Protection Agency has found ... |
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HP
Bulmer & Water Treatment Contractor Nalco Fined
£300,000 |
UK based cider maker HP Bulmer and
its water treatment contractor Nalco were both fined
£300,000 over a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires'
disease ... |
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Yale
researchers discover Legionnaire microbe's tricks
... and more |
Yale University researchers have
shed new light how bacteria like the ones that cause
Legionnaires' disease and Q-fever raise such havoc
in human patients ... |
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DIY
retailer in hot water over hot-tub tests ... and
more |
More than 500,000 visitors to a Bristol
B&Q store could have been exposed to Legionnaires’
disease, after it was found that a spa pool on display
in the outlet contained contaminated water ... |
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Legionnaire's
Bacterial Proteins Work Together To Survive ...
more |
Proteins within the bacteria that
cause Legionnaire's disease can kidnap their own
molecular "coffin" and carry it to a safe
place within the cell, ensuring their survival,
Yale School of Medicine researchers ... |
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Online
Legionella Training Courses |
If you have a responsibility for
health and safety issues involving the control of
Legionella then you must be suitably trained. In
the UK the Health and Safety Executive point out
that inadequate management, lack of training and
poor communication have all been identified as contributory
factors in outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease
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Deadly
pneumonia outbreak in Malaga - Spain ... and more |
A former Manchester journalist is
seriously ill after contracting Legionnaires disease
in Spain. Dennis Wills is one of 15 people to be
struck down by the deadly virus ... |
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HSE
Report - Barrow Legionella outbreak, August 2002 |
In August 2002, seven members of
the public died and 180 people suffered ill health
as a result of an outbreak .... |
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'Errors'
led to Legionella deaths |
The UK's Health & Safety Executive
have today released their final report in to the
events surrounding the Barrow outbreak of Legionnaires'
disease in 2002 ... |
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Is
your business ready for the new Corporate Manslaughter
Bill? |
The UK Government’s draft Corporate
Manslaughter Bill was published on 23 March 2005.
Under the draft, an organisation will be guilty
of the new offence of corporate manslaughter if
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Cooling
Towers are a Hotspot for Evolving Diseas .... and
more |
Many species of bacteria, including
those that cause legionnaires' disease, are thought
to have evolved in association with an amoebic host.
Now it seems that the warm, wet conditions found
in cooling towers ... |
