Legionella: Impact of risk on building services systems in Hong Kong

Yanmin Liu; Christopher Y.H. Chao; Daniel W.T. Chan; John Burnett

doi:10.1177/014362449701800204

Legionella: Impact of risk on building services systems in Hong Kong

Yanmin Liu, Christopher Y.H. Chao, Daniel W.T. Chan, John Burnett

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This paper summarises the modes of contamination of Legionnaires' Disease (LD) so as to allay fears and misconceptions on LD. Isolation of Legionella in a typical hotel and a summary of LD cases in Hong Kong demonstrate the potential risks of LD infection in building services in such a semitropical climate. The Hong Kong Code of Practice is compared with other codes. It is postulated that the key to maintaining water services so as to minimise risk is to reconcile environmental effectiveness with cost-effectiveness. The optimum operational range of cooling water temperature in cooling towers illustrates this reconciliation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	93-98
Number of pages	6
Journal	Building Services Engineering Research and Technology
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/014362449701800204
Publication status	Published - 1997

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