Scheduling an analysis specifically for Legionella is the first step to take in confirming air quality is safe for employees.
Your Emory Consultant will visit your business at the agreed upon date(s) to collect air samples. Your Emory Consultant will take the time to ensure enough sample is collected for an accurate reading of Legionella.
Your Emory Consultant will contact you as soon as lab results are completed. You will obtain a record of the written report for your records.
Legionnaire's Disease in the News:
Legionella is bacterium naturally in freshwater. In its natural state, it is not harmful. Legionella only becomes a concern when the bacterium grows and spreads and then is inhaled by humans.
Legionella grows best in large, complex water systems. People who become infected with Legionella might be diagnosed with one of two illnesses: Legionnaires' Disease or Pontiac Fever.
Legionnaires’ disease is similar to pneumonia. Symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, fever, muscle aches, and/ or headache.
Pontiac fever is milder and does not include pneumonia, Symptoms are primarily fever and muscle aches.
The key to prevention is to make sure that building managers maintain water systems to reduce the risk of Legionella growth and spread.
Routine Air Quality Testing can help managers be proactive in detecting any concerns as well as give peace of mind of a safe and healthy environment for employees.
After Legionella grows and multiplies in a building's water system, people can get Legionnaires’ Disease or Pontiac Fever when they breathe in small droplets of water that are in the air that contain the bacteria.
People with the following are at greater risk:
Emory Consultants can assess Air Quality in work areas to determine the most likely places where Legionella might grow and then monitor the air for evidence and possible risk of Legionella.