COMPARATIVE GUIDEBOOK

How to choose your legionella testing method

"In 2018, 90% of legionella epidemics could have been avoided if risk control policies had been more effective," according to the Center for Disease Control.

Today, 5 detection methods can be used to measure the risk of Legionella pneumophila in water installations:

Cultural regulatory method
PCR
ATP-metry
Antigen-antibody reactions
Culture-based methods

This guide identifies and explains the existing solutions to help you find the best compromise between reliability, deadlines and technicality:

Find out the different methods of control and their specificities.
Compare them through a synthetic analysis guideline.

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