{"id":17478,"date":"2020-05-06T09:42:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T07:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/?p=17478"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:41:40","slug":"legionella-phytocontrol-accompanies-you-in-the-reopening-of-your-establishments-in-complete-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingphytocontrol.shdesign.fr\/en\/news\/legionella-phytocontrol-accompanies-you-in-the-reopening-of-your-establishments-in-complete-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Legionella &#8211; Phytocontrol accompanies you in the reopening of your establishments in complete safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><b>Phytocontrol is approved by the Ministry of Health for the sanitary control of water. The laboratory is able to carry out under COFRAC accreditation the sampling and analysis of <em>Legionella<\/em>.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the legionella family, Legionella pneumophila is mainly involved in <strong> cases of Legionellosis<\/strong> (severe respiratory infection). Legionella are found naturally in moist water and soil. The mode of contamination is inhalation of contaminated aerosols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanitary hot water control (According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000021795143\" target=\"_blank\">Article 3 of the Order of 1 February 2010<\/a>) and air-cooled towers (TAR) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028374941&amp;categorieLien=id\" target=\"_blank\">Order of 14 December 2013<\/a>), is the major challenge for the control of the sanitary risk linked to legionella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, circular DGS\/EA4 N\u00b0 2010-448 of 21 December 2010 specifies that <strong> establishments remaining unoccupied for at least 6 consecutive weeks must ensure that there is no risk of legionella two weeks before receiving the public<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>List of facilities at risk :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li>Distribution networks (domestic hot water, cold water, natural mineral water)<\/li> <li>Showers, swimming pools, SPA<\/li> <li>Air conditioning systems, misters<\/li> <li>Air cooling towers<\/li> <\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phytocontrol proposes to accompany you for the reopening of your establishments, by carrying out <a href=\"https:\/\/stagingphytocontrol.shdesign.fr\/en\/our-analyses\/water-analysis\/\">samples and analyses<\/a> under accreditation as soon as possible. Our analysis reports will be regarded as authoritative by the public authorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not hesitate to contact our customer service:<br> Dedicated line <a href=\"tel:+33%20800%20900%20775\">+33 800 900 775<\/a> or by email <a href=\"mailto:service-clients@phytocontrol.com\">service-clients@phytocontrol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phytocontrol services : <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li>Sampling in your establishment by our dedicated, trained and qualified sampling technicians, <\/li> <li>Transport provided in a non-refrigerated thermostatically controlled enclosure, <\/li> <li>Securing and real-time monitoring of the analysis via a personalised customer area, <\/li> <li>Regulatory guidance on test results. <\/li> <\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/actu_legio_covid-02.jpg\" alt=\"actu_legio_covid-02\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phytocontrol is approved by the Ministry of Health for the sanitary control of water. 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