tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066238290370557389.post2975376422393025631..comments2024-03-20T04:44:15.540-05:00Comments on Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention: Legionella outbreak in ChicagoDan Diekemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10231929371552334184noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066238290370557389.post-7494291980683178152012-09-03T16:26:04.062-05:002012-09-03T16:26:04.062-05:00I'm a retired IP. In the mid-1990's the t...I'm a retired IP. In the mid-1990's the then CEO of my large university teaching hospital overrode my veto of a "water feature" (a water wall) in the main lobby of our new expanded hospital. We were a facility with known legionella colonization in both potable and non-potable sites. After many months of attempting to make the CEO mandated water wall as safe as possible, we required weekly bromination (it smelled like a heavily chlorinated hot tub) with monitoring via swimming pool test kit and periodic culturing. <br />Interestingly, we also had to put a small wall in front of the water wall to block access because children were witnessed putting hands into, and drinking from the water wall. Cultures never did yield legionella, but were initially overgrown with enterics (pre-bromine). The feature was removed ~12 years later during yet another expansion project. <br />I agree, more sinks not water features. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099137471036946558noreply@blogger.com