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The likelihood of contracting Legionnaires' disease
depends on the level of contamination in the water source, the susceptibility of
the person exposed, and the intensity of exposure. The following references aid
in recognizing and preventing hazards associated with Legionnaires' disease in
the workplace.
Potential Hazards
Possible Solutions
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OSHA Technical Manual (OTM). OSHA Directive TED 01-00-015 [TED 1-0.15A], (1999, January
20).
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Legionnaires' Disease. Provides
information to assist industrial hygienists in the assessment of work sites
for potential Legionnaires' disease, disease recognition, investigation
procedures to identify probable water sources, and control strategies. The
following appendixes are useful in employee education and outbreak
response:
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 Legionnaires' Disease.
eTool. Offers a graphical menu to assist in
the assessment of worksites for potential Legionnaires' disease and
provides information on disease recognition, investigation procedures,
and control strategies.
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Guideline for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Updates,
expands, and replaces the previously published CDC "Guideline for
Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia”. The new guidelines are designed to
reduce the incidence of health-care-associated pneumonia and other severe,
acute lower respiratory tract infections in acute-care hospitals and in
other health-care settings (e.g., ambulatory and long-term care
institutions) and other facilities where health care is provided.
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Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2003. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 53(RR03);1-36, (2004, March
26). Also available as a 811 KB
PDF,
179 pages. Provides information for controlling hospital infections involving Legionella
contamination.
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Download ASHREA 12-2000 Guideline: Minimizing The Risk of Legionellosis
Associated with Building Water Systems.
Baltimore Aircoil Company. Offers a free download of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHREA) guideline, which contains important
information concerning the ongoing control of Legionella.
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NSW Code of Practice for the Control of Legionnaires’ Disease 2nd Edition 2004.
Department of Health, New South Wales, Australia, (2004, June 18).
Also available as a 2 MB
PDF,
75 pages. Outlines procedures that minimize the risk of infection to personnel working around potential sites of legionellosis infection.
- Legionella in Environmental Samples: Hazards Analysis and Suggested Remedial Action. PathCon Laboratories Technical Bulletin 1.5
(George Morris and Brian Shelton), (1998), 324 KB
PDF, 2 pages.
Provides remedial
action criteria based on the number of Legionella
bacteria per milliliter of sample using the culture method.
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