Legionnaire’s Disease
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Water or Beer : That is the Question
Water or beer ? On the subject of water ~ or the lack of it, recent studies have shown that it can be as dangerous to drive whilst dehydrated as it is to drive whilst under the influence of alcohol. Apparently your judgement can be seriously affected and this can have an adverse effect on braking, speed perception and lane drifting. This study was done at my old University, Loughborough, so it must be true! So, if you are going to drive, have …
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Try our new Showerhead Cleaner and Descaler Gel in the fight against Legionella
Many of our customers use our showerhead cleaner and descaler liquid and have done so for some time. This works well and they keep ordering more, which is a good sign. We recently chlorinated a twenty year old accommodation block with two hundred rooms and noticed that there was a lot of scale on the taps. We were asked to descale and sanitise the taps because bacteria, eg Legionella, can hide under the scale and multiply. Our liquid showerhead cleaner was not …
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Legionnaires Disease Victims Receive Settlement
Stoke-on-Trent Legionnaires Disease Victims Receive Substantial Settlement Above is a recent headline referring to the settlement of a Legionnaires Disease outbreak that happened three years ago. We are notifying you to reinforce what we have been saying for long time ~ some would say, preaching. That is, to be aware of the Legionella bug! Legionella is alive and well and ready to leap into action if it has the right surroundings to flourish. In this case, above, Legionnaires Disease was contracted by people near, not in, …
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LEGIONNAIRE’S DISEASE PREVENTION
Tips on how to avoid Legionnaire’s Disease! The bacterium causing Legionnaire’s Disease likes water temperatures in the range 37 degrees centigrade to 55 degrees centigrade. Ideally water in water storage tanks should be kept below 20 degrees centigrade. This is not always possible with roof tanks so roof tanks should be well insulated. Bleach is not very effective in amounts which would kill most bacteria. The legionella bacterium which causes Legionnaire’s Disease can live under the scale on showerheads which can occur in hard …
