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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Preventing Healthcare-Associated Legionellosis: Results after 3 Years of Continuous Disinfection of Hot Water with Monochloramine and an Effective Water Safety Plan.

Maria Anna Coniglio, Margherita Ferrante, Mohamed H Yassin

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria Anna ConiglioLegionella Reference Laboratory, Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, via Santa Sofia 87, 95123 Catania, Italy. ma.coniglio@unict.it.ORCID 0000-0002-6119-0309
Margherita FerranteHygiene Complex Operative Unit, A.O.U. Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele, via S. Sofia 87, 95123 Catania, Italy. marfer@unict.it.ORCID 0000-0001-7596-2464
Mohamed H YassinInfection Control Department, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. yassinm@upmc.edu.
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele · ITUniversity of Catania · ITUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to report the experience of the implementation and application of a 3-year Water Safety Plan (WSP) together with the secondary disinfection of water by monochloramine to control and prevent healthcare-associated legionellosis in an Italian hospital strongly colonized by

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ChloraminesCross InfectionDisinfectantsDisinfectionEnvironmental MonitoringHospitalsItalyLegionella pneumophilaLegionellosisWater MicrobiologyWater PollutantsWater SupplychloramineChloraminesDisinfectantsWater PollutantsLegionellamonochloraminerisk assessmentwater distribution systemWater Safety Plan

Identifiers

PMID30060459
PMCPMC6121960
OpenAlexW2883940674

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