Analysis of the legionnaires' risk water facilities in the sun coast of Malaga, Spain

• Autor: Gea Izquierdo, Enrique
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2008
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/6027
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/idata/article/view/6027
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Legionnaires’ disease; water facilities; preventive- hygienic maintenance; control methods.; Legionelosis; instalaciones de agua; mantenimiento higiénico-preventivo; métodos de control.

In Spain, during the last decade, it has increased the interest by the preventive- hygienic maintenance for the microbiological control in the water facilities. Some protocols of treatment and norms have been developed to obtain an optimal quality in the parameters of the air- water interchange facilities. Diverse investigations have shown the existence of Legionella pneumophila biological agent. The study approaches the application of preventive maintenance methods with object to control the bacterium development. A water facilities sample corresponding to public buildings from the Coast of the Sun (Málaga, Spain) was investigated, by means of 83 variables, cluster and correspondences analysis. The results include a detailed analysis of the water quality control application methods according to the types of buildings. It concludes with the maintenance fulfillment degree and the importance corresponding to each typology.