| Document ID (ISN) | 52747 |
| CIS number |
89-2067 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0002-8894 - American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal |
| Year |
1988 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Muraca P.W., Stout J.E., Yu V.L., Yee Y.C. |
| Title |
Legionnaires' disease in the work environment: implications for environmental health |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov. 1988, Vol.49, No.11, p.584-590. Illus. 24 ref. |
| Abstract |
Outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease have occurred in hotels, hospitals, and homes but had not been reported yet in the work environment. The authors report the occurrence of Legionnaires' disease in three employees of two industrial plants. The potable water in the two plants contained high numbers of Legionella pneumophila. Monoclonal antibody subtyping of environmental and patient isolates of L. pneumophila implicated one of the plants as the source for the disease. L. pneumophila was eradicated from this plant using acidic and caustic scale removers, calcium hypochlorite, and a biocide. A systematic approach to Legionnaires' disease in the work environment, a problem which can be expected to be recognised with increasing frequency, is presented. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
legionellosis; plastics industry; thermal power stations |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
case study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Power generation and distribution
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Plastics industry
Chemical industry
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