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Preventing Legionellosis (Hardcover)
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Preventing Legionellosis (Hardcover)
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Preventing Legionellosis covers the biology of Legionella and
presents a comprehensive review of best practices for legionellosis
prevention from around the world. Recent outbreaks, climbing
incidence rates and pending lawsuits have raised public awareness
about legionellosis, a serious, preventable form of pneumonia that
can be contracted from water systems in buildings. Legionellosis
has harmed millions of people worldwide and causes annual monetary
losses in the billions. However, to really understand the effects
of the disease, one must listen carefully as the victims, or their
survivors, describe the suffering they have endured. Victims who
recover from legionellosis often suffer severe pulmonary disease
that can cause long-term or permanent damage. Debilitating effects
to kidneys and in the nervous system can occur within days after
becoming infected. Therefore, curing the acute illness is not
nearly good enough. Prevention of the disease is necessary.
Fundamentally, legionellosis is evidence of the failure to properly
maintain water systems. It is the only cause of serious pneumonia
that people get from their building's water systems. Most cases
result from inadequate water treatment and poor water system
management. Commercial conflicts of interest often impede correct
action for the prevention of legionellosis. Legionellosis is
preventable. The biological hazard caused by Legionella bacteria in
water systems can be eliminated or reduced to acceptable levels
under operating conditions. Many thousands of legionellosis cases
could be prevented each year if hazard control methods were used
within the context of well-designed hazard analysis and control
plans. Every building water facility should have a water management
plan and budget that includes water safety. Preventing
Legionellosis provides concise detail for: . Improving awareness
and education . Implementing water management plans . Mitigating
against commercial conflict of interest The book will give the
scientific basis for the worldwide technical consensus on the
prevention of legionellosis. It will be an invaluable source of
information for public health administrators, epidemiologists,
infection control professionals, facility safety managers,
industrial hygienists, and academic engineers and scientists.
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