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Four years of experience with silver-copper ionization for control of legionella in a german university hospital hot water plumbing system
- Source :
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 29(6)
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Silver-copper ionization was used for controlling Legionella distribution in a German university hospital hot water plumbing system for 4 years. In the beginning, silver concentrations were not allowed to exceed 10 microg/L because of drinking water regulation limits in Germany. Water samples were monitored for Legionella counts, temperature, and silver and copper concentrations. A significant (P
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty
Silver
Time Factors
Legionella
Colony Count, Microbial
Silver copper
Legionella pneumophila
Distribution system
Hospitals, University
Animal science
Water Supply
Ionization
Germany
Medicine
Humans
Cross Infection
Infection Control
biology
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
business.industry
Temperature
University hospital
biology.organism_classification
respiratory tract diseases
Surgery
Infectious Diseases
Lung disease
Multivariate Analysis
Colony count
Water regulation
Chlorine
Legionnaires' Disease
business
Water Microbiology
Copper
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10584838
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c016f3c1fcf4f5e7e5ce7427011570cc