Legionella found at Oslo Police Station
This summer, Gamle Oslo’s district medical officer was notified of the discovery of legionella bacteria in the cooling tower at the police station in Oslo. No one has become ill.
In July, Legionella bacteria were discovered in the cooling tower at the police station in Grønland, Oslo. Statsbygg, which is responsible for the building, took immediate action to deal with the situation, and no one has fallen ill as a result of the discovery. The cooling tower is part of the air conditioning system in the building, and the discovery has not affected the operation of the police station.
Our CEO, Lise Marie Nergaard, was interviewed in this connection by journalist Marius Lysø of Byggeindustrien. The Legionella bacterium is a parasitic bacterium, according to her.
– Legionella bacteria pose a significant health risk when allowed to multiply in technical installations with lukewarm water. If you use too weak a disinfectant, you won’t kill the amoebas. It can take up to a month for amoebas to release legionella, and then it multiplies while living there. “If you use traditional chlorine, it is unlikely that you will be able to kill the legionella,” says Nergaard.
Read the full article here: Legionella at the police station in Oslo (Pluss case)
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