title: Legionella eliminated with no 'side-effects'.
abstract: Stuart Watkin BEng (Hons) MSc CEng MIHEEM, head of Engineering Compliance & Energy at North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, reports on a recent six-month trial, at the Trust's University Hospital of North Tees, of a new saline-based disinfection system for combating Legionella. The system, from Danish company, DCW, has reportedly proven highly effective in keeping the water system at the test site, the hospital's North Wing, Legionella-free, impressing both estates and facilities/engineering personnel, and an independent consultant, with both its efficacy and lack of "side-effects".
authors.affiliation: North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watkin
mesh_terms: D000389:Air Conditioning / Q000379:methods*; D007875:Legionella / Q000254:growth & development*; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom