Managing Legionella Risk During the Winter Months Contrary to what many individuals might believe, bacteria can thrive in both extreme hot and extreme cold. Though many strains such as Legionella—the prevalent bug behind a serious type of lung infect... Facility Hygiene Control Legionella Detection Swimming Pools rqmicro.COUNT Dec 2, 2022
Reduce Warm Water Temperature to Save Energy? Yes, but Beware of Microbiology. Energy saving is no doubt the hottest topic of this winter. What can domestic households and commercial buildings do to contribute to energy saving? Reducing the temperature of the hot water supply se... Energy Saving Legionella Detection Temperature Control rqmicro.COUNT Oct 26, 2022
Controlling & Monitoring Legionella in Cooling Towers One of the larger considerations for teams that monitor and maintain cooling towers at industrial facilities is the risk that comes from Legionella – a bacteria that can cause a serious lung infection... Cooling Towers Legionella Detection rqmicro.COUNT Oct 24, 2022
How to Control Legionella in Your Building? Modern facilities have brought us comfort and convenience that would have been unimaginable 100 years ago. However, sophisticated and urbanized facilities also brought new threats to our health and to... Facility Hygiene Control Legionella Detection rqmicro.COUNT Jul 27, 2022
rqmicro’s Tips for Summer Holidays Are you ready for summer holidays? So are Legionella. A recent study in the EuroSurveillance journal showed that Legionella were found in more than 65% of a total 465 tourist facilities, including hot... Drinking Water Facility Hygiene Control Legionella Detection Shower Water Swimming Pools Jul 18, 2022
Legionnaire's disease outbreaks recurring in New York City A very recent Legionnaires' outbreak in New York City was reported on the 25th of May 2022, causing 19 people sick including 1 dead. Even being thousands of miles away, public health officials in Chin... Facility Hygiene Control Industry QC Labs Legionella Detection Shower Water Jun 3, 2022
China CDC uses rqmicro.COUNT for precise management of Legionella risk China CDC became user of rqmicro.COUNT in Asia Lately, in January 2022, researchers at China Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) measured Legionella bacteria in shower and spa water using ... Facility Hygiene Control Legionella Detection News Shower Water Swimming Pools rqmicro.COUNT Jan 31, 2022
Legionella gaining more attention in China The Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development recently published a new regulation called the General Code for Water Supply, Drainage and Water Saving of Buildings (no. GB55020-2021), whi... Facility Hygiene Control Legionella Detection News Shower Water Swimming Pools Dec 3, 2021
Energy efficiency and ensuring high drinking water quality are merging today! The goals of the energy transition cannot be achieved with the usual methods for hot water preparation and heating - new concepts are needed. On October 20 and 21, 2021 during the 2nd online symposium... Facility Hygiene Control Legionella Detection Method News rqmicro.COUNT Oct 15, 2021
Rapid Legionella pneumophila detection enables precision disinfection and follow-up by practitioners Shock-chlorination or continuous disinfectant dosing often fails to keep L. pneumophila at bay in industrial water. Traditional cultivation-based methods can be biased and can take up to 10-14 days to... Collaboration Facility Hygiene Control Industry QC Labs Legionella Detection Method News Service Lab rqmicro.COUNT Sep 29, 2021
The new rqmicro.COUNT for microbiological water analysis at the IntEnv 2021 in China At the exhibition IntEnv in Shanghai, China, we presented the rqmicro.COUNT, which has been developed for rapid microbiological control of water systems. Summer and hot temperatures are approaching mo... Facility Hygiene Control Industry QC Labs Legionella Detection Method News Service Lab Jun 15, 2021
AOAC Certification Mark for the rqmicro L.p. SG1 DETECT Kit The performance of the L.p. SG1 DETECT Kit from rqmicro AG was reviewed for various water matrixes under the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Research Institute (RI) Performance Tested Methods (PTM) Program and fou... Facility Hygiene Control Industry QC Labs Legionella Detection Method News Publications Service Lab Apr 30, 2021