Responding to Incidents That Could Contaminate Plumbing Systems
Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease have been associated with situations – water main breaks, construction, opening of backup water feeds – that have presumably sent contaminants into a building...
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Legionnaires Disease Associated With Dental Water Lines
In February 2012, The Lancet reported the first confirmed case of Legionnaires' disease associated with dental water lines. The patient, an 82-year-old woman in Rome, died just two days after she was...
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Insurance Coverage For Legionnaires Disease Claims
Legionnaires'-related lawsuits are not uncommon, in part because the disease is entirely environmental — it isn’t contracted from another person but by exposure to Legionella bacteria transmitted from...
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Legionella Disinfection In Plumbing Systems Four Keys to Success
Disinfection systems can be installed in a building’s plumbing to minimize Legionella bacteria in the water delivered to faucets, showers, and drinking fountains. Commonly used technologies inject a...
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Water Temperatures and Legionella
At the first glance, guidelines may lead engineers and facility operators to conclude that controlling Legionella bacteria in plumbing systems can be accomplished long-term by simply raising water...
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Update on ASHRAE 188
Originally published on March 23, 2015 and updated July 9, 2015. “Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems” officially became ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2015 on June 26, 2015. The...
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How Much a Facility Really Pays for a Legionella Risk Management Program
Originally published on June 9, 2015 and updated July 9, 2015. This question has come up several times in recent phone conversations and webinars: How much will it cost a facility to implement the...
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Potential Impact of ASHRAE 188
Originally published on June 10, 2015 and updated July 9, 2015. On June 26th, ASHRAE 188P dropped the “P” and became ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2015. What will be its impact on cases of Legionnaires'...
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Five Steps New York City Building Owners can take to Reduce the Risk of...
Today, health commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett ordered New York City building owners to disinfect their cooling towers within the next two weeks in response to the Bronx outbreak that so far has...
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Six Keys to Disinfecting Cooling Towers Safely (in New York City or Elsewhere)
New York City building owners should consider six key safety precautions in complying with health commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett’s August 6th order to disinfect their cooling towers: 1. Perform...
View ArticleWater Management Plan Cloud Application Demo
A demonstration of HC Info's platform for creating and maintaining a Water Management Plan (WMP) for your building water systems. For more information on the application, click here. The post Water...
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Two Keys to Success in Selecting “Evidence-based” Legionella Control Measures
One of the important criteria for a Legionella control measure is that it be evidence based — meaning there is scientific evidence the measure will likely be effective in minimizing Legionella. Two...
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Four Reasons CDC’s New Toolkit Could Impact Legionnaires’ Litigation
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report in early June about the increased number of Legionnaires’ disease cases and the need for building water management certainly caught the...
View ArticleUnprecedented Agreement in the United States About the Approach to Legionella...
After Legionella was discovered following the 1976 outbreak of what came to be known as Legionnaires’ disease, tremendous amounts of research ensued to find out why water systems promote growth of...
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Following ASHRAE 188 with Limited Time, Money, and Personnel: Pressure for...
Let’s be honest. Most people who work in facilities management, infection control, property management, safety, industrial hygiene, or engineering want to protect the people in their buildings from...
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Complying with New Legionella Standards and Requirements: 7 Keys to Real Success
To avoid a citation for non-compliance with the June 2 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “requirement to reduce Legionella risk in healthcare facility water systems to prevent cases...
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Inspecting Hospitals and Nursing Homes for the CMS Legionella Requirement:...
To avoid a citation and receive Medicare or Medicaid reimbursements, hospitals and long-term care facilities must “demonstrate measures” that show compliance with the June 2017 Centers for Medicare...
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The Role of HPC in Water Management Programs
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines “heterotrophs” as micro-organisms that require organic carbon for growth and Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC) as colony counts using a simple, culture test on...
View ArticleWhy State Officials Hold the Keys to Preventing Legionnaires’ Disease
Why State Officials Hold the Keys to Preventing Legionnaires’ Disease And ASHRAE Standard 188 is their Best Option for the Next Five Years by Matt Freije | May 3, 2018 Eight lessons learned from...
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Could ASHRAE 514 Increase Legionnaires’ Disease?
What do you think is the primary reason Legionnaires’ disease has not decreased since the outbreak in Philadelphia — 43 years ago this week — that led to its discovery? A. Agreement on a strategy for...
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