Cooling water is not drinking water
In terms of the detectability of microorganisms, cooling water differs significantly from drinking water. Due to the higher degree of contamination of cooling water, legionella is often not sufficiently detected using conventional methods. The long detection period of up to 14 days is also a problem in acute suspected cases.
Use of VIT® for cooling towers
Cooling towers can pose a risk to the environment if contaminated with legionella. The increased temperature of the cooling water gives the legionella bacteria a selection advantage.
Continuous detection of legionella is not only sensible, but also required by law. However, it is important that the legionella are reliably detected. Moreover, only living cells are relevant. Due to the high degree of contamination of the cooling water, conventional methods are often not sufficient. Modern methods such as PCR also detect dead cells and therefore lead to increased values.
VIT® gene probe technology is therefore the method of choice when it comes to reliably and quickly detecting only living legionella in problematic cooling water.
Scan VIT® Legionella for cooling water
ScanVIT® Legionella is extremely well suited for the detection of legionella in cooling water. Within a maximum of three days, the legionella in the cooling water sample is not only identified, but also quantified in absolute terms. Absolute quantification ensures that all legionella in the sample are detected and analyzed. No other method is capable of doing this.
VIT® test kits recommended by experts:
Laboratory analysis - cooling water:
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