Hospital point-of-use water filtration to prevent exposure to waterborne pathogens
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Methods During a routine control of hospital water, contamination with Legionella spp. was detected. To protect the patients from exposure to Legionella, shower heads were replaced by point-of-use shower filters (H2OK medical filters, Norit Filtrix, The Netherlands). The efficacy of 4 shower filters was tested during 5 weeks. Water samples were taken with and without use of the shower filter and were analyzed for the presence of Legionella, heterotrophic plate count (HPC), and fungi. After 5 weeks of use, shower filters were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
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