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Query: UMLS:C0023241 (Legionella)
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When measures to prevent Legionella fail, and a positive result is returned from the laboratory, there is an imperative to act fast to stamp infection out, but taking the right action requires a rigorous approach. So says Andrew Steel, managing director of Airmec, a provider of essential air and water services solutions. Here he explains the legal and other obligations of health estates managers in taking all possible steps to prevent a Legionella outbreak, and, when they do face one, sets out the key remedial steps, and outlines what regulators or HSE personnel will expect to see as 'evidence' that sufficient 'duty of care' has been taken.
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PMID:Be prepared should Legionella strike. 2357 86

Although temperature control has been the UK's longest-serving means of controlling the growth and proliferation of Legionella in hot and cold water systems, there are other factors, including major rises in energy costs, that warrant the use of biocides--including in the healthcare sector. In 2000, the HSE's new 'L8' guidelines took this into account, giving equal weight to both temperature reg~mes and biocides, such as chlorine dioxide, as control methods. Susan Pearson BSc reports on one potentially effective biocide- silver hydrogen peroxide, explains how it 'works' in practice, and highlights the recent 'real-world' evidence of its effectiveness and advantages.
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PMID:Silver biocide's real-world success. 2626 29

The estates team at St George's Hospital in south London say the deployment of a web-based software system which verifies that 'responsible' staff across the site have regularly flushed low-use water outlets to maintain flow, and thus prevent potentially dangerous waterborne bacteria building up in pipework, has 'very substantially' increased compliance with approved flushing practice--as set out in the HSE's L8 Approved Code of Practice on controlling Legionella bacteria in water systems, and the new HTM 04-01, Safe Water in Healthcare Premises. As HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, reports, the hospital's use of Digital Missives' L8guard software system has also saved considerable staff time, eliminated the need to manually input data from thousands of paper flushing return forms, and enabled the Estates team to easily identify departments not undertaking regular flushing.
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PMID:Flushing compliance enhanced at St George's. 2949 11