Abstract
Drinking water is generally clean enough for use by healthy people in most countries. However, breakage of sewage pipes into drinking water may happen, or the actual drinking water source may be heavily contaminated by accidents. Floods and natural disasters cause global problems with regard to drinking water; with outbreaks of cholera, other bacteria and hepatitis A and E; and with norovirus and other viral types, protozoans and a variety of other microbiological agents. Legionella has often been linked to outbreaks in healthcare institutions. The following chapter is focused on practical measures concerning water and water systems in hospitals: source, use and control.
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