WATERBORNE PATHOGENS

  Legionnaires’s outbreak can occur in clinical settings, hotels and campings. The conditions that ensure a develoment of Legionellla bacteria (which cause Legionnaire disease), are an aquatic environment, temperatures ranch for 30°C to 50°C. In Thailand, a european tourist had contracted legionnaire disease after staying in a hotel. Symptoms could occur 10 day after been in the contaminated area. If analysis are not doing frenquently, it is not easy to prevent residents from Legionella bacteria development.  WHAT TO DO ?…

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Oahu, Legionnaire’ disease detected Last week at the Queen’s Medical Center, a patient contracted Legionnaire’s disease. Legionnaire disease is contracted by inhaling aerosolized water droplets. The bacteria which cause this disease is called Legionella. It grows naturally in fresh water, public plumbing water system and others. The center does analyses to find the potential source. Legionella can develops in plumbing system and spread in showerhead, faucets, hot tubs and cooling towers. The number of cases diagnosed in Hawaii has increased…

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Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) and UW Medicine reported a probable Legionella outbreak. This is believed to be an isolated case, Legionella bacteria is not transmitted from person to person. The center have notified people who were on the areas concerned. Many analysis will identify possible source for this exposure.   In response, UW Medical Center installed special filters on all showers and sinks in the inpatient rooms. A robust water management plan was also developed that includes testing and monitoring…

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  Legionnaires’ outbreak appear in differents places like hospitals, hotels, campings, but are not easy to eradiquate. Last year two cases of legionnaires’outbreak were discovered in a hotel. That led to a temporary closure until further analysis. No more cases appeared after this incident. But this month, another outbreak was declared. Indeed, an elevated levels of legionella have been detected and new legionnaires’ disease have been associated. The hotel took measures to solve the problem. Legionella bacteria are found in…

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Staffordshire Housing Association (SHA) manage around 3000 homes for rent. Last week, analysis showned that Legionella contaminated differents areas of this facility. Bacteria was discovered in the hot water supplies at a flats complex housing hundreds of residents. This problem led to the temporary closure of the communal areas but individual apartments are safe. The director ask to shutdown hot water supplies to the communal areas until the end of the contamination. The contamination was discovered on May, 3 after…

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Legionnaires’ outbreak in Mebourne shopping center and Airport West.   Last week had been detect legionnaire’outbreak in Melbourne. Indeed, three men had been in hospital after visiting the same areas in Melbourne and contracting legionnaire’s disease. The department of Health and Human Services is investigating a possible link to cooling towers in Gladstone Park. Cooling towers are areas, where the bacteria legionella could proliferate, contaminate water droplets and be reject in atmosphere lead to legionnaires disease for people who are…

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HAI’s (Healthcare Associated Infections) also called nosocomial infection are  infection thats are acquired in a hospital or other Healthcare facility .   CAUSE ? These infections develop after germ or bacterial contamination in a healthcare facility. Pathogen agents spread easily trought the skin, so people with a weakened immune system are fragile. The contamination could be from air, water, materials, or food. HAI could appear 30 days after a chirurgical operation or one year after a stranger material in the body…

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