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Hospital Water Management Programs for Legionella Prevention, Minnesota, 2017

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2018

Richard N. Danila ,
Nadia Koranteng ,
Kathy J. Como-Sabetti ,
Trisha J. Robinson  and
Ellen S. Laine
Richard N. Danila*
Affiliation:
Minnesota Department of Health, St Paul, Minnesota
Nadia Koranteng
Affiliation:
Minnesota Department of Health, St Paul, Minnesota University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Kathy J. Como-Sabetti
Affiliation:
Minnesota Department of Health, St Paul, Minnesota
Trisha J. Robinson
Affiliation:
Minnesota Department of Health, St Paul, Minnesota
Ellen S. Laine
Affiliation:
Minnesota Department of Health, St Paul, Minnesota
*
Address correspondence to Richard Danila, Minnesota Department of Health, 625 North Robert Street, St Paul, MN 55164-0975 ([email protected]).
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Abstract

Infection preventionists at Minnesota hospitals were surveyed to determine whether they had Legionella water management plans. Of 137 hospitals, 84 (61%) responded. Among them, 27% hospitals had a water management plan, 21% regularly sampled for Legionella, and 51% had knowledge of ASHRAE Legionella prevention standards. Significant changes are needed to protect patients from nosocomial infection.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:336–338

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , March 2018 , pp. 336 - 338
Copyright
© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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