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INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 689-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2016.04.004
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Water-associated infections; Health care premise plumbing; Water safety plans; Risk assessment; Legionella prevention
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Health care facility water distribution systems have been implicated in the transmission of pathogens such as Legionella and nontuberculous mycobacteria to building occupants. These pathogens are natural inhabitants of water at low numbers and can amplify in premise plumbing water, especially if conditions are conducive to their growth. Because patients and residents in health care facilities are often at heightened risk for opportunistic infections, a multidisciplinary proactive approach to water safety is important to balance the various water priorities in health care and prevent water-associated infections in building occupants.
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