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Jake  
#1 Posted : 25 July 2012 15:32:43(UTC)
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Jake

Could anyone point me in the direction of any peer reviewed research article / academic paper / Legionella Outbreak investigation report / etc. that covers the following topics: - forseeability of contracting Legionella from "Non-spray type taps" - foreseeability of contracting Legionella from a "Spray tap" - The effect nutrients (e.g. lime scale etc.) in a Calorifer has on the growth of Legionella bacteria (i.e. if nutrients are present is a higher temperature required to prevent the growth?). Also, would anyone have any recommendations for Legionella consultant that is truly independent (i.e. someone who does not have a vested interest to offer chlorination / sampling / monitoring etc.) As you may have guessed, we believe the risk of contracting Legionella in some of our sites is not reasonably foreseeable, but want to quantify this for our risk assessment. Hopefully someone, somewhere may be able to advise on the risk levels using case studies, has anyone ever contracting Legionella from a non-spray type tap? (I’m not sure you’d even contract it if you stick you head under a non-spray tap as the water droplets aren’t suspended, let alone looking at the forseeability of someone actually doing that!). We've had RAs completed in the past by external companies (well know water control companies) but reviewing the assessments it seems they will suggest every control measure possible as they have a vested interest to do so.
Jake  
#2 Posted : 26 July 2012 10:49:47(UTC)
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Jake

As a "bump" for todays audience, but also in case anyone actually cares, my research thus far has found the following report: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih....11/pdf/aem00145-0016.pdf Which lends it self nicely in contradication with my intial thoughts...!!! Though the report does not go into detail about the type of taps installed and whether this was due to steam from the taps or not. It also suggests that only hot water taps are implicated. Surely this topic has been further researched since 1985?
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