enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. 5 people develop Legionnaire's disease after possible ... - AOL

   www.aol.com/news/5-people-develop-legionnaires...

   Five people have developed Legionnaires' disease following possible exposure to contaminated water droplets from a cooling tower in downtown Lincoln, New Hampshire, state health officials say.

3. State raises cases of Legionnaires' disease to 7; suspected ...

   www.aol.com/state-raises-cases-legionnaires...

   Aug. 21—The state raised the number of those who developed Legionnaires' disease from five to seven people and announced the cleaning of a Lincoln cooling tower suspected of being the source of ...

4. 5 people with Legionnaires' disease exposed through cooling ...

   www.aol.com/5-people-legionnaires-disease...

   Legionnaires' disease is caused by inhaling water droplets contaminated with the Legionella bacteria. The bacteria can grow in water droplets from showers, hot tubs, faucets, cooling towers ...

5. Legionnaires' disease - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionnaires'_disease

   Treatment of Legionnaires' disease is commonly conducted with ... 180 people were affected with 13 resulting deaths due to contaminated water in a cooling tower.

6. Legionella - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionella

   Cooling towers are well established as sources of Legionella that may have an effect on community exposure to the bacterium and Legionnaires' disease epidemics. [24] In addition to cooling towers, use of swimming pools, spa pools, and other recreational water bodies has also been shown to increase risk of exposure to Legionella , though this ...

7. Copper-silver ionization - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper-silver_ionization

   Ionization can be an effective process to control Legionella in potable water distribution systems found in health facilities, hotels, nursing homes, and large buildings. . In 2003, ionization became the first such hospital disinfection process to have fulfilled a proposed four-step modality evaluation; by then it had been adopted by over 100 hospitals.

8. Legionella pneumophila - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionella_pneumophila

   Water supply networks are the main source of L. pneumophila contamination, with the microbe commonly found in places such as cooling towers, water systems of hospitals, hotels, and cruise ships. [18] Of note, this bacterium can form and reside in biofilms within water system pipes, allowing it be aerosolized through fixtures such as faucets ...

9. 5 have contracted Legionnaire's disease; Lincoln cooling ...

   www.aol.com/5-contracted-legionnaires-disease...

   Aug. 12—A Lincoln cooling tower may be to blame for five people developing Legionnaire's disease in June and July, and the public may still be at risk, state health officials said Monday. Four ...