Legionella Water Testing

With more than 15 years of experience and the largest capacity to handle high volumes of legionella samples.

Legionella water testing.

Eurofins emlab p k is one of the leaders for legionella testing services in the u s. Legionella control international is a leading legionella testing company offering a comprehensive suite of water quality analysis procedures including ukas accredited tests for legionella. Where has legionella been found. Special pathogens laboratory the legionella experts provides.

In addition we offer a nationwide network of. Legionella culture during a cluster or outbreak investigation or when cases of disease may be associated with a facility. However all species and serogroups of legionella are potentially pathogenic so a patient with a negative urinary antigen result could have legionnaires disease caused by other legionella species or serogroups. Our legionella testing laboratories are cdc elite certified and accredited by aiha lap llc and or nys doh elap.

Testing information testing water for the presence of legionella bacteria is reliably accomplished by culture in an accredited microbiology laboratory using well characterized and validated methods the most pathogenic disease causing strain of legionella bacteria is legionella pneumophila group. Plan has been made. Legionella testing lab services. Since establishing our legionella testing laboratory in 1981 with cdc referred clients we have tested thousands of samples from water containing mechanical equipment plumbing lines.

Who can be appointed to test or monitor legionella. Findings from the environmental assessment and any baseline legionella test results. The type of test required will depend on the nature of the water of the system. The urinary antigen test detects the most common cause of legionnaires disease l.

Subscribe to our newsletter read our previous legionella lab newsletters. This protocol describes how to take standard biofilm swab bulk water and filter samples from. Testing of water quality may be carried out by a service provider such as a water treatment company or consultant or by the operator provided they are trained to do so and are properly supervised. Legionella bacteria can be found throughout the world mostly in aquatic and moist environments e g lakes rivers ground water and soil legionella can adversely impact public health cdc estimates that 8 000 to 18 000 people are hospitalized with legionnaires disease each year in the u s.