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Legionella has an old-fashioned ring to it, but this bacterium is causing pneumonia\u00a0outbreaks (Legionnaires\u2019 Disease and Pontiac Fever) in modern, urban areas like Brooklyn<\/a> and Chicago.<\/a>\u00a0Spread by infected water vapor carried by cooling towers\u00a0and HVAC systems, these Legionella outbreaks hit vulnerable populations \u2014 largely children and senior citizens \u2014 the hardest, sometimes leading to death.<\/p>\n

Blame is being lobbed around, but the reason for recent outbreaks is still uncertain. Cooling towers and HVAC systems can be disinfected, and operating procedures altered to discourage Legionella, but it doesn\u2019t\u00a0answer the question of how the bacteria\u00a0got\u00a0there in the first place.<\/p>\n

Dealing with Legionella could mean disaster in your lab if you have a poorly designed autoclave. Bernie Youngblood, president of Priorclave North America,\u00a0has long been concerned about some autoclave designs that are\u00a0becoming\u00a0popular in North America.\u00a0\u201cThe problem is that\u00a0many\u00a0research labs\u00a0are beginning to use\u00a0sterilizers that rely on \u2018warm bath\u2019 drain cooling. With a \u2018warm bath\u2019 configuration , it\u2019s\u00a0entirely possible that you can end up with a\u00a0reservoir\u00a0of static water held at a steady 80 \u2013 140\u00b0F \u2014 ideal for breeding Legionella.\u00a0Combine this with the fact that much of an autoclave\u2019s exhaust, before the sterilization period is completed, can be biohazardous, and you have an ideal breeding ground for any number of pathogens.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is why Priorclave\u00a0North America<\/a> does not recommend the use of warm bath drain cooling (it is actually illegal in the EU), and advises research labs to always work closely with their autoclave supplier to develop a solution that minimizes the use of water for the purposes of drain cooling, while eliminating the risks associated with cross-contamination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Legionella has an old-fashioned ring to it, but this bacterium is causing pneumonia\u00a0outbreaks (Legionnaires\u2019 Disease and Pontiac Fever) in modern, urban areas like Brooklyn and Chicago.\u00a0Spread by infected water vapor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,109,110,111,112,113,114,115],"class_list":["post-1167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-autoclaves","tag-biohazard","tag-hvac","tag-legionella","tag-legionnaires-disease","tag-pneumonia","tag-pontiac-fever","tag-warm-bath-drain-cooling"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLegionella Research Can Afford No Shortcuts | Priorclave NA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2015\/11\/11\/bloglegionella-research-afford-shortcuts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legionella Research Can Afford No Shortcuts | Priorclave NA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Legionella has an old-fashioned ring to it, but this bacterium is causing pneumonia\u00a0outbreaks (Legionnaires\u2019 Disease and Pontiac Fever) in modern, urban areas like Brooklyn and Chicago.\u00a0Spread by infected water vapor […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2015\/11\/11\/bloglegionella-research-afford-shortcuts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Priorclave - 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