Protecting Public Health: Strategies for Handling Legionella Outbreaks
Legionella bacteria pose an immediate and serious threat to public health when present in water systems, potentially leading to Legionnaires' disease - an extreme form of pneumonia caused by being exposed to Legionella bacteria. Therefore, effective outbreak management must take place. One key preventive measure used by officials to safeguard their citizens includes legionella water sampling which allows early detection of potential outbreaks within water networks.