The woman died in hospital on Monday prompting Public Health Wales, the Health and Safety Executive and Environmental Health officers from seven council areas to investigate the link and possible source.
Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia that is contracted by breathing in infected water droplets. Common sources include cooling towers, showers and hot and cold water systems.
The risk from Legionella bacteria is present in any building containing water systems and should be managed according to the guidance in HSE document ACoP L8. This document details a programme for control based on a 2 yearly risk assessment and an on-going monitoring regime.
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