For all the 'Ostriches' that flamed me for an earlier posting on this subject I would like to point them to this address.
I would have thought there would be enough flow in most pipes to wash out any eddies. Only modern cases I've seen of Legionella were in a hospital I worked in- hot water supply was scalding hot to prevent problems. Unfortunately, the piping had been modified as the hospital grew. The consequence was that the main hot water pipe had a bypass- a hot water pipe had been taken off the supply then reattached at a seperate point nearer the ward in question. This gave the water two different routes to take- one was high resistance so very little (if any) bothered to go that way. The consequential stasis in a moderately hot environment was Legionella friendly, and this contaminated water was slowly "drip-fed" back into the water supply near the ward. The ward in question was for people with impaired immune systems and lung problems- and the main water supply effected went straight to the showers.... Couldn't have been worse really! IE people at risk from infection (lung infection particularly) breathing in nebulised Legionella! Luckily the infection was reasonably contained (though there were sadly deaths)... A cautionary tale!!
Ben
BTW, most pe> For all the 'Ostriches' that flamed me for an earlier posting on this
Actually not correct. The American Legion after which the diesease is named has no connection with the (French) Foreign Legion. Details about the American Legion here
Wrong again.
Peter Crosland
So far you are correct.
Now it starts getting a bit shaky.
I suppose America is foreign to some people. So is getting the basic facts right. A quick Google will put you right.
MBQ
The message from " snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com" contains these words:
Most people in a .uk group, for a start!
And not a few Americans.
That's timely, I was just going to order some. Maybe I'll use copper instead.
Dave
It is reputed that some 95% don't have passports.
Probably best really.....
Well, they can go to the "International" pavilion in Disney Land, buy a "Disney Passport" and walk round "Norway" "France" "Japan" etc and get it stamped along the way. That's close enough.
After all they are taught every day from starting primary school that "all the other countries in the world are just like us, they just speak a different language".
Little wonder then that trying to explain to a yankee supplier what "Customs Duties" and "Documentation Charges", are when they have shipped a single back ordered USD 7.00 panel lamp by airfreight costing Ca £140 is completely and utterly fruitless and futile.
DG (Going to Chicago on Friday)
Flexible hoses are a pain. Studies have discovered (KIWA in NL) that certain types of plastics are very suspebtible to bio-film forming Bio-film forms inside the hose (it will also form in copper but at a slower rate) and is the feedstock for any bug which passes it. This results in bacteria growth
When dead ends are not or can not be removed, then reflux of bacteria remains and chances of catching legioenlla, or indeed other illnesses via bacteria, will continue to exist.
It is therefore necessary to determine which risk points exist in the water tubing
One can addionally opt for solving the problem by implemeting legioenlla preventing techniques.
Merryterry schreef:
Could you please clarify (KIWA in NL)? Is this a Nederland Water Fittings Authorising body?
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Ben" saying something like:
Quite right. The Foreign Legion infection involves camels.
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