Have you tested your building’s water systems for Legionella bacteria recently?

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Have you tested your building’s water systems for Legionella bacteria recently?

Have you tested your building’s water systems for Legionella bacteria recently?

Legionella is a genus of gram-negative, non-spore forming, rod shaped, aerobic bacteria. It lives in water and will quickly die if dried out. It is somewhat resistant to Chlorine. Infection from Legionella bacteria can produce Legionellosis, a respiratory disease similar to Pneumonia, and Pontiac Fever, a milder form with flu-like symptoms. Found naturally in the environment, usually in warm weather, Legionella bacteria can be persistent without proper maintenance and monitoring to remove it.

Certain facilities are susceptible to Legionella bacteria due to the large, complex piped water systems and stagnation that can occur in sections of the systems. Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks can occur when a person breathes in a water mist contaminated with the bacteria from sources such as a facility’s spas, whirlpools, showers, sinks, fountains, cooling towers, filters on water lines and large central air conditioning systems.

A & B Labs can assist you by providing the sample media/kits for your personnel to collect the samples, per CDC instructions, and Legionella standard CDC method or Real-time PCR analysis of your building’s water systems. We are CDC ELITE certified for Legionella testing.

Our corporate office is in Houston, Texas. We are one of the largest independently owned microbiology, environmental and industrial hygiene laboratories with over thirty (30) years of analytical testing experience. We are also one of the most accredited analytical labs providing high quality, competitively priced testing services.

Our expert staff of Microbiologists can assist you by answering your Legionella testing questions. Please do not hesitate to contact us at (713) 453-6060, info@ablabs.com or visit our website, ablabs.com.

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