Legionella
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Legionella Risk Assessments for Landlords
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No CommentsBCA have been assisting Landlords and Letting Agents comply with their responsibility to risk assess their property for legionella. We have put together a short guide which can be downloaded here: BCA Legionella Guide V2 We have surveyed over 300 residential properties, so please feel free to contact us for an informal discussion or to
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Seven Legionnaires’ disease cases confirmed in Edinburgh
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Highlighting the importance of clear, concise legionella risk assessments, along with adequate preventive maintenance to avoid tragedies like this. http://bbc.in/Kax18a
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Legionnaires’ outbreak reported at Las Vegas resort | Reuters
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A luxury resort on the Las Vegas strip has been linked to cases of the sometimes deadly Legionnaires’ disease that has sickened a handful of guests since 2009, health officials and the hotel said on Friday. Legionnaires’ outbreak reported at Las Vegas resort | Reuters.
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Lorry driver contracts Legionnaires from washer bottle
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Help Lincolnshire lorry driver Adrian Denniss is still recovering after contracting Legionnaires’ disease while working in France.Mr Denniss, from Boston, was diagnosed after a chance visit to hospital following a minor road accident.It is believed that he was infected by droplets from his lorry’s contaminated windscreen water bottle which had blown through an open window
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Legionella bacteria detected in train toilet systems
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Traces of legionella bacteria have been found in the toilet water tanks of two Scottish trains. ScotRail confirmed it had detected the bacteria – linked to the deadly form of pneumonia Legionnaires’ disease – after an inspection of 15 tanks. Train operators across the UK analysed 150 systems for the bug, with one in three
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BBC News – Two more Legionnaires deaths in Glasgow and Lanarkshire
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Two people have died from Legionnaires’ Disease in the Glasgow and Lanarkshire health board areas, bringing the number of deaths to three. Four other people have contracted the disease over the past few weeks. Health officials are now treating the situation as an outbreak and are trying to identify a common source. Legionnaires’ Disease is