UK hospitals and health facilities can now benefit from detection of Legionella “ten times faster than before”, via a rapid detection process known as Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) now being offered by environmental analysis organisation ALcontrol Laboratories.
ALcontrol says the current industry standard test for Legionella is via a culture test that can take 12 days, “an unacceptable time to wait which could put individuals at risk unnecessarily.”
