Venturi system could be major breakthrough.
In a follow-up to last month's "Fighting the waterborne menace" article (HEJ--March 2010), Dr. Tom Makin, directorate manager, medical microbiology, at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust, and Martin Pride, new business development, at Kemper U.K. & Ireland, examine how Legionella has become a significant potential issue in hospital water systems, and discuss a novel, venturi-based engineering system co-developed by Kemper and a German university, and recently successfully trialled at a Liverpool hospital, which ensures constant water circulation, significantly reducing the risk of both biofilm, and consequently Legionella, build-up.
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Department of Medical Microbiology, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust.
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D007875:Legionella / Q000254:growth & development; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014872:Water Movements; D014881:Water Supply