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• Current Respiratory Diseases
• Smoking / Drinking
• Chronic diseases / defenses Casualties
• Stress
Risk assessments, proper maintenance and periodic analysis of samples,
are the most appropriate tools to combat this risk. As all risks associated
with the health of the people should be careful with a full diaganostic risk
review such as and control critical parameters (HACCP Hazard Assessment
critical Points of control). acronym in English.
In the specific case of Colombia since 2006 some research at industrial
plants risk analysis and investigation of
Legionella
bacteria was initiated.
These initiatives were lead by private enterprises, mainly from Europe with
the presence of trained local experts and certified professionals by CISBE an
English institution that has developed the highest standards for the control
of this disease in the United Kingdom, where by law, as in France, Had to
be fully investigated in every water system MANDATORY.
With this background and preparation, some water hygiene risk
assessment on process in some factories in the Andean region and the
associated training to the responsible personnel in factories began. It
was very surprising to find that most of the technical people that we met
erroneously considered that the development of the bacteria
Legionella
pneumophila
and its potential risk was related to Countries with seasons.
Unfortunately in our country the deaths associated with nosocomial
pneumonia as mentioned above have an important value in the national
statistics, but no data beyond that allow us to relate to a percentage of these
that are the responsibility of pathogenic
Legionella
. Disability or lack of
