linkedin post 2014-07-24 04:50:40

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DENTAL UNIT WATERLINES. "Researchers have know for many years that water delivered by dental units frequently contain high levels of bacteria. Despite the fact that contamination of dental treatment water often exceeds levels permissible in municipal water supplies or in recreational waters, there is no current evidence of widespread public health problems." http://www.osap.org/?page=Issues_DUWL_7 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-07-25 04:48:03

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HOSPITAL WATER TREATMENT MADE THINGS WORSE."Over the course of treatment the relative abundance of certain genera containing opportunistic pathogens and genera containing denitrifying bacteria increased. The results demonstrate the driving influence of supplemental disinfection on premise plumbing microbial ecology." http://lnkd.in/dAn_3i8 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-07-25 04:50:41

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PATHOGENS PROTECTED BY BIOFILMS. "The complex microbial ecology of premise plumbing systems can serve as a reservoir for opportunistic pathogens ... Biofilms and amoeba within the water system can protect opportunistic pathogens from disinfection, and may even allow their regrowth and increase in pathogenicity." http://lnkd.in/dAn_3i8 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-07-25 04:59:01

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UNEXPECTED HABITAT. "Nosocomial aspergillosis, a life-threatening infection in immunocompromised patients, is thought to be caused primarily by ?.. organisms in the air. Water from tanks yielded higher counts of colony-forming units than did municipal water. An isolate ... recovered from a patient ... was identical to an isolate ... in the patient's room." http://lnkd.in/d6FTVi2 View in LinkedIn
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