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The Dangers of Legionella
17 Nov 2010
Legionella is a gram negative, aerobic, pathogenic bacterium and is common in many environments with over 50 species and 70 serogroups being identified.
Legionellosis (Legionnaires Disease or Legion Fever) is a disease cause by the bacteria; this is the more severe form of Legionella infection and produces pneumonia. Pontiac fever is another complication caused by Legionella and produces a milder respiratory illness that resembles acute influenza.
Following up on recent Legionella outbreaks such as the one in Wales, Addmaster has run many parallel studies against Legionella using its Biomaster silver based antimicrobial additives.
Incorporated into a polymer substrate and tested to ISO standards, the treated plastic parts achieved a reduction of the bacteria by over 99% in a 24hr period.
Also testing to ISO standards, Biomaster works quickly against pathogenic bacteria and has achieved a reduction of over 82% in just 15 minutes and over 94% in just half an hour.
Once Biomaster is incorporated into a substrate it is active for the life of the product and fights the growth of bacterial continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Biomaster has been incorporated into many products where the Legionella bacteria has the ability to breed such as shower heads, water pipes, air conditioning units and potable water containers.
For more information on Biomaster visit:
www.biomasteradditives.co.uk
Legionellosis (Legionnaires Disease or Legion Fever) is a disease cause by the bacteria; this is the more severe form of Legionella infection and produces pneumonia. Pontiac fever is another complication caused by Legionella and produces a milder respiratory illness that resembles acute influenza.
Following up on recent Legionella outbreaks such as the one in Wales, Addmaster has run many parallel studies against Legionella using its Biomaster silver based antimicrobial additives.
Incorporated into a polymer substrate and tested to ISO standards, the treated plastic parts achieved a reduction of the bacteria by over 99% in a 24hr period.
Also testing to ISO standards, Biomaster works quickly against pathogenic bacteria and has achieved a reduction of over 82% in just 15 minutes and over 94% in just half an hour.
Once Biomaster is incorporated into a substrate it is active for the life of the product and fights the growth of bacterial continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Biomaster has been incorporated into many products where the Legionella bacteria has the ability to breed such as shower heads, water pipes, air conditioning units and potable water containers.
For more information on Biomaster visit:
www.biomasteradditives.co.uk
Source - Addmaster (UK) Ltd, November 2010
Addmaster, based in Stafford UK. Addmaster is Europe's leading supplier of performance additives for a wide range of applications and industries. By working in partnership with its customers and focusing on research and development, highly innovative additives have been created and successfully introduced into many manufacturing environments. Addmaster's advanced products are being used by many of the world's industry leaders in the plastics, paper, paint, textile and coating industries. Addmaster, founded in the year 2000, sees its major objective as capitalising on the lack of innovation which exists in these industry sectors, and has won many business awards for innovations in product development and marketing.
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