Fact sheet; resuming safe operation of building water systems--risk of Legionnaires' disease

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• Alternative Title:
  Disaster safety ; Resuming safe operation of building water systems--risk of Legionnaires' disease
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Legionnaires' disease is a serious disease caused by Legionella bacteria, which thrive in stagnant, warm water. Outbreaks of this disease have been associated with cooling towers, evaporative condensers, showers, faucets, hot tubs/whirlpool spas, and other sources of aerosolized water. Legionella bacteria favor a temperature of 25-42 C (77-108 F) for growth. Because many buildings and cooling towers may be shut down during or after a disaster, the water in those systems may sit stagnant for days to weeks--providing an increased risk of Legionnaires' disease once the systems are restarted.
• Content Notes:
  "April 28, 2006."
  
  At head of title: Disaster safety.
  
  Mode of access: Internet from the CDC web site as an Acrobat .pdf file (80.93 KB, 2 p.).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Legionnaires' Disease Natural Disasters Safety Safety Measures
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  electronic resource; 1 online resource (2 p.)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:46849dd8bbad171a7157a2be17fd7197b86acb1f49149ce7f3590d47ae3fe5ba
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12087/cdc_12087_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 80.93 KB ]