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• Experiences of the first 16 hospitals using copper-silver ionization for Legionella control: implications for the evaluation of other disinfection modalities.

  Stout JE, Yu VL. Stout JE, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Aug;24(8):563-8. doi: 10.1086/502251. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003. PMID: 12940575
• Risk of hospital-acquired legionnaires' disease in cities using monochloramine versus other water disinfectants.

  Heffelfinger JD, Kool JL, Fridkin S, Fraser VJ, Hageman J, Carpenter J, Whitney CG; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Heffelfinger JD, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Aug;24(8):569-74. doi: 10.1086/502256. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003. PMID: 12940576
• A 17-month evaluation of a chlorine dioxide water treatment system to control Legionella species in a hospital water supply.

  Srinivasan A, Bova G, Ross T, Mackie K, Paquette N, Merz W, Perl TM. Srinivasan A, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Aug;24(8):575-9. doi: 10.1086/502254. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003. PMID: 12940577
• Ultraviolet light disinfection of hospital water for preventing nosocomial Legionella infection: a 13-year follow-up.

  Hall KK, Giannetta ET, Getchell-White SI, Durbin LJ, Farr BM. Hall KK, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Aug;24(8):580-3. doi: 10.1086/502257. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003. PMID: 12940578