How Kurita Controls Legionella?
Incidents of human illness and fatality due to pathogens in industrial, commercial and institutional, and municipal water systems continues to be increasingly prevalent in the news. Both potable and non-potable systems pose a threat to human health, with the respiratory infection of legionellosis being a prominent example.
Kurita has been always one step ahead in the Legionella control and with a long trajectory in the field.
Legionnaires’ disease Key Facts
per 100 000 population for the EU/EEA in 2020
June and October
were the most affected
Source from Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020 from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
S.sensing® LeG: Early warning system for legionella threats
S.sensing® LeG offers a rapid microbial detection system that facilitates automated 24-7 and remote monitoring of airborne Legionella and revolutionizes the approach of pathogen detection and control.
What are the benefits that S.sensing® LeG offers?
No incubation or analysis period
Less intervention
Continuous monitoring
Automated reports
Detection Specificity
Cloud-based monitoring
S.sensing® LeG automates the sampling, on-line monitoring and detection processes for pathogens, it significantly shortens contamination detection times and allows fast corrective actions leveraging the overall safety.
As well as increasing efficiency, the LeG reduces costs of existing legionella risk management and treatment procedures by helping prioritise trouble spots for intervention.
The system is connected to MyKuritaPortal, our cloud-based monitoring and alert system, enabling immediate and targeted intervention.
How it works?
S.sensing® LeG has been engineered to periodically draw a sample of ambient air into the accompanying cartridge. Within the cartridge, Legionella bacteria have time to settle on the nutrient-rich and environmentally controlled detection site.
Optical light scattering measurements on growth facilitation media determine if microbial contamination is present.
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Successful application of Dilurit® BC S-System at cooling system
Legionella quick test with high accuracy
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