Legionella in Nursing Homes User: Retirement Home in Munich The retirement home which called us due to problems with legionella includes three buildings with about 300 apartments. During a routine control of the water a increased concentration of legionella was detected. The sanitary facilities were put out of order right away. Which is disastrous as hygiene is essential in these nursing homes. In the past these problems were solved through thermal disinfection. This attempt was not successful on the long run. Thermal desinfection is a costly and time consuming solution which is often not sustainable. Bacteria is killed by using great heat in the pipes. The costs in this case would have been several 10,000€. The picture shows legionella in a petri dish. Merus Ring fighting legionella We st

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