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AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AND LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.

Author(s) : BAILEY M.

Summary

STATES THAT THE DESIGN, INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING WATER SYSTEMS MUST INCORPORATE BOTH FEATURES TO MINIMISE THE PROLIFERATION OF WATER-BORNE MICRO-ORGANISMS (IN PARTICULAR LEGIONELLA BACTERIA) AND FEATURES TO PREVENT THEIR DISSEMINATION INTO THE AIR. DESCRIBES HOW THE PROPER CONTROL OF THE MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY WITHIN BUILDING SYSTEMS DEPENDS UPON A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE BUILDING AND THE SYSTEMS, CLEAR WRITTEN WORKING PROCEDURES AND RECORDS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS SPECIFIC TO THE INDIVIDUAL WATER SYSTEM AND REFERENCE TO EXPERT ADVICE WHEN NEEDED. (INT. BUILD. SERV. ABSTR., GB., 24, N 5, 1989/09-10, 89-01595.

Details

  • Original title: AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AND LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.
  • Record ID : 1990-0765
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1989
  • Source: Source: Henry Stewart Conf. Stud.
    1989.06; 4-9.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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