Long-term effects of hospital water network disinfection on Legionella and other waterborne bacteria in an Italian university hospital

Beatrice Casini; Andrea Buzzigoli; Maria Luisa Cristina; Anna Maria Spagnolo; Pietro Del Giudice; Silvio Brusaferro; Andrea Poscia; Umberto Moscato; Paola Valentini; Piero Valentini; Angelo Baggiani; Gaetano Privitera

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Long-term effects of hospital water network disinfection on Legionella and other waterborne bacteria in an Italian university hospital

Beatrice Casini, Andrea Buzzigoli, Maria Luisa Cristina, Anna Maria Spagnolo, Pietro Del Giudice, Silvio Brusaferro, Andrea Poscia, Umberto Moscato, Paola Valentini, Piero Valentini, Angelo Baggiani, Gaetano Privitera

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Abstract

Legionella control still remains a critical issue in healthcare settings where the preferred approach to health risk assessment and management is to develop a water safety plan. We report the experience of a university hospital, where a water safety plan has been applied since 2002, and the results obtained with the application of different methods for disinfecting hot water distribution systems in order to provide guidance for the management of water risk.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	293-299
Number of pages	7
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/675280
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Legionella
waterborne bacteria

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Casini, B., Buzzigoli, A., Cristina, M. L., Spagnolo, A. M., Del Giudice, P., Brusaferro, S., Poscia, A., Moscato, U., Valentini, P., Valentini, P., Baggiani, A., & Privitera, G. (2014). Long-term effects of hospital water network disinfection on Legionella and other waterborne bacteria in an Italian university hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 35, 293-299. https://doi.org/10.1086/675280

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Long-term effects of hospital water network disinfection on Legionella and other waterborne bacteria in an Italian university hospital

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