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... Blog Facility Management Legionella 27.07.2022
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... Blog Legionella 18.07.2022
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... Blog Legionella 03.06.2022
Unable to keep water microbiology under control? Water hygiene is important to you, but you are struggling to control it? A new service provides fast and quantitative Legionella and total bacteria detection. Implement effective hygiene measures and ... Lab Service Legionella 10.05.2022
Drinking water hygiene concept to reduce health risks Are you concerned about water hygiene? Sign up for the free webinar and find out how to develop a water hygiene concept based on quantitative results. Real cases are shown to address the importance of... Facility Management Legionella News 22.02.2022
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 ... Legionella News 31.01.2022
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... Legionella News 03.12.2021
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... Legionella News 15.10.2021
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... Legionella News 29.09.2021
rqmicro.COUNT installed at Technical University of Munich for the LegioRapid project The Legiorapid is a joint project between the Technical University of Dresden, Technical University of Munich, the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety, and the Association of German Engin... Cooling Towers Legionella News 11.06.2021
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... Legionella News 30.04.2021
Collaboration with Kytos rqmicro Legionella detection method now available in Benelux We are very excited to be working with Kytos, a spin-off from the prestigious Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology at the University... Legionella News Service Lab 17.02.2021