دورية أكاديمية
The impact of pipeline changes and temperature increase in a hospital historically colonised with Legionella
| العنوان: | The impact of pipeline changes and temperature increase in a hospital historically colonised with Legionella |
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| المؤلفون: | S. Quero, N. Párraga-Niño, M. Garcia-Núñez, M. L. Pedro-Botet, L. Gavaldà, L. Mateu, M. Sabrià, J. M. Mòdol |
| المصدر: | Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | Nature Portfolio, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine, Science |
| الوصف: | Abstract Healthcare-related Legionnaires’ disease has a devastating impact on high risk patients, with a case fatality rate of 30–50%. Legionella prevention and control in hospitals is therefore crucial. To control Legionella water colonisation in a hospital setting we evaluated the effect of pipeline improvements and temperature increase, analysing 237 samples over a 2-year period (first year: 129, second year: 108). In the first year, 25.58% of samples were positive for Legionella and 16.67% for amoeba. Assessing the distance of the points analysed from the hot water tank, the most distal points presented higher proportion of Legionella colonisation and lower temperatures (nearest points: 6.4% colonised, and temperature 61.4 °C; most distal points: 50% and temperature 59.1 °C). After the first year, the hot water system was repaired and the temperature stabilised. This led to a dramatic reduction in Legionella colonisation, which was negative in all the samples analysed; however, amoeba colonisation remained stable. This study shows the importance of keeping the temperature stable throughout the circuit, at around 60 °C. Special attention should be paid to the most distal points of the circuit; a fall in temperature at these weak points would favour the colonisation and spread of Legionella, because amoeba (the main Legionella reservoir) are not affected by temperature. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2045-2322 |
| العلاقة: | https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Test |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-81625-6 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/6cb75596bb344165aafa3dd8df571696Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.6cb75596bb344165aafa3dd8df571696 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20452322 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-81625-6 |