Control of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease by keeping the circulating hot water temperature above 55°C: Experience from a 10-year surveillance programme in a district general hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-219

  Darelid, Johan ^a   Lofgren S ^a   Malmvall, B E ^a  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross infection; Legionella pneumophila; Legionnaires' diseases; Pneumonia; Population surveillance; Temperature; Water supply

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HOT WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPING; STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

CROSS INFECTION; HEAT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036517414     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1185     Document Type: Article

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