‘Flush water pipes after vacation to prevent legionella contamination’

Flush water pipes after vacation to prevent legionella contamination

People who come home from vacation and, for example, switch on the shower, have a chance that they inhale drops of water spray and thus contract a legionella infection. “Then people can suffer from complaints such as fatigue, but also more serious such as loss of short-term memory, pneumonia or the flu. In a number of cases people die.”

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