REVIEW PAPER
Managing water safety in healthcare. Part 2 – Practical measures and considerations taken for waterborne pathogen control
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Chief Sanitary Inspectorate, Warsaw, Poland
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Institute of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
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Independent Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Poland
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Department of Public Health, University of Information Technology and Management, Rzeszow, Poland
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2012;19(4):619-624
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ABSTRACT
These summaries form the second part of presentations made at a recent conference held at the Royal Society for Public Health in London, 16-17 May 2012, on the latest developments in combating waterborne hospital-acquired infections (nosocomial). The first part (Ann Agric Environ Med 2012; 19(3): 395-402) has focused more on the adopted strategies/approaches from the UK perspective, (some also from continental Europe), whereas the presented second part (sections 1-7 below), is dedicated more to practical solutions, and examples of features used in water systems that are or have been considered effective.
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