Legionella Testing with Kit – HX Store
Legionella Testing Kit With On-Site Results In Just 25 Minutes
Our reliable and easy-to-use legionella test kit provides results in just 25 minutes! We make legionella testing quick and easy.
Legionella water testing has been a long and frustrating exercise in the past. Even to get an interim result can take 7-10 days. Unfortunately, time is critical in water systems that are high risk and pose a genuine danger of legionella bacteria contamination.
With our legionnaires test, laboratory or sample bottle are not needed. Furthermore, there is no waiting days or weeks for results. This comes with a peace-of-mind that both your business and individuals involved are safe from a legionella outbreak.
Get results quickly, any place, any time.
Benefits of our Legionella Test
- Incidences of Legionnaires’ disease are on the rise. As a result, conventional lab-based methods for water testing remain dangerously time consuming. Therefore, this puts lives at risk.
- Minimises the time to identify legionella bacteria. Additionally, our onsite legionella testing kit reduces public health risk and and helps save lives.
- Similarly to a legionella test in the lab, this simple test helps your organisation maintain control over water system quality.
Why choose our rapid Legionella Testing Kit?
- Hotels, restaurants, schools, sport and healthcare facilities are just some of the fast moving environments where water quality can change quickly and frequently.
- Real-time legionella water testing helps keep these organisations safe from outbreaks and the associated reputational damage.
- For water service providers and maintenance staff, our legionnaires test offers an incredibly useful tool for a peace of mind.
- The simple legionnaires test enables engineers to obtain earlier calls to action while still onsite.
What can you use our Legionella Water Testing kit for?
A water sample can be taken from any hot and cold water source, or industrial sources. This is including, but not limited to:
- Hot And Cold Water Systems
- Industrial Water Sources
- Cooling Towers
- Showers And Sinks
- Sprinkler Systems
- Air / Pressure Washers
- Swimming Pools
- Water Storage Tanks
- Misters
- Humidifiers
- Spa Pools / Hot Tubs
How to test for Legionella in water?
This is the world’s only genuine cost-effective ‘instant’ legionella test, which provides onsite results of potential contamination. In addition, the test requires no in-depth training or experience to carry it out.
Our all inclusive kit is specifically for legionella pneumophila sero group 1 (SG1). This is the variety of legionella bacteria responsible for the vast majority of Legionnaires’ disease cases.
The test is sensitive at low concentrations – 100 CFU/L.
Our legionnaires test kit is used to support existing management procedures. However, our test kit should not wholly replace laboratory analysis for legionella water testing or dipslide sampling for bacteria. Instead, it is an approved and ideal monitoring tool. As a result, this aids maintaining a healthy water system through a regular, quick and reliable legionella test.
What are the risks of not doing a Legionella test?
It is absolutely vital for a business or homeowner to control the risks. Additionally, they have the responsibility to take precautionary steps to prevent the growth of legionella. Foremost, the health and safety of individuals rely on sufficient water treatment practices, including how water is stored. These practices should all adhere to HSG274 part 1.
If someone does contract Legionnaires disease, it can be lethal. As a result, victims of the disease are often placed in intensive care. Furthermore, productivity and business reputation is negatively affected. More importantly, family and friends can fall seriously ill.
Evidently there are premises more susceptible to an outbreak, like care homes for example. However, no property is immune to the possibility. An example of a specific case study is when a hotel in Ludlow was unfortunately discovered to contain legionella bacteria.
Does this new form of legionella test replace lab culture testing?
Our 25 minute onsite legionella sampling kit does not replace UK compliance requirements for UKAS accredited lab testing.
If your water system circumstances dictate that lab testing method is required, you MUST carry out a lab test. Even though this could take 10-14 days to return a result.
Lab tests for legionella are for compliance purposes. On the other hand, our 25 minute onsite legionella test kit is for risk management and risk reduction. As a result, it can be used in conjunction with lab tests if a faster result is required.
Our customers keep several of these site testing devices in stock at their business. This is in case of the requirement for an emergency legionnaires disease test.
Legionella Water Testing Requirements
Our legionella water testing kits are highly sensitive. The kits are useful in implementing risk reducing testing, inline with your Legionella Risk Assessment.
A legionnaire test is an important part of effective monitoring. However, only monitoring does not protect against the exposure of legionella bacteria. Instead, controlling the disease comes from acting on identified risks. Fortunately, these risks can be identified through routine sampling and checks.
Our legionnaires water test is easy to use and requires no previous training. Furthermore, no additional equipment is required to complete the test.
Everything you need to complete your legionella test is provided in the pack.
Please see this short video for a step by step demonstration of how to use our legionella test kit.
Our kit can be used with water temperatures up to 45 degrees. However, if you are taking a sample from a hot water source, please allow it to stand for a few minutes to cool. This will not affect the results.
Our legionnaires water test is easy to use and requires no previous training. Furthermore, no additional equipment is required to complete the test.
Everything you need to complete your legionella test is provided in the pack.
Please see this short video for a step by step demonstration of how to use our legionella test kit.
Our kit can be used with water temperatures up to 45 degrees. However, if you are taking a sample from a hot water source, please allow it to stand for a few minutes to cool. This will not affect the results.
Using Lateral Flow Technology
Pneumophila Serogroup 1
Our device uses lateral flow test technology to detect for the presence of legionella bacteria.
The legionella testing kit contains a single control line to confirm it is working properly. The line, if present, shows the presence of legionella bacteria (SG1).
Lateral flow test devices have been used for a long time, reliably across many industry sectors. These include environmental legionella water testing, animal health, food/feed and plant/crop health.
Key Features of our Legionella Testing Kit
- Specifically detects Legionella Pneumophila Serogroup 1 – the form of legionella bacteria most dangerous to humans and associated with legionella outbreaks
- Excellent value for money – an affordable way to help manage legionella risks
- Detects Legionella at low concentrations of 100 CFU/L
- Fast results in just 25 minutes
- Easy to use – no training required
- Onsite legionella testing kit
- Reliable, fast and accurate
- Light-weight
- All items required are provided within the kit
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What is the shelf life of this legionella testing kit?
Out kits come typically with a 12-month shelf lifeDoes Our Legionella Test Replace Lab Culture Testing?
Our 25 minute on-site Legionella test does not replace UK compliance requirements for UKAS accredited lab culture testing. If your water system circumstances dictate that lab testing is required, currently you MUST carry out a lab test, even though this will take 10-14 days to return a result. Lab tests are for compliance purposes. Our 25-minute on-site Legionella test is for risk management and risk reduction, and can be used in conjunction with lab tests if a faster result is required.Does this Legionella test comply with the UK ACoP L8 regulations?
The ACoP L8 allows for rapid detection techniques to be used as part of a Legionella risk management regime.When to use the test?
This test kit is particularly useful in 5 situations: 1. In any environment without easy access to a lab. Many sites with critical water supplies are in remote locations without ready access to lab testing. On site testing provides invaluable reassurance. 2. Checking after a disinfection treatment. Once an infected water system has been treated, the faster it can be confirmed that the treatment has been effective, the faster everyone can get back to work. 3. Checking systems where control measures have gone out of conformance e.g. cold water too warm, hot water not hot enough, or biocide levels too low. The system may not be compromised, but a quick real time check will allay doubts and mitigate risks if a treatment is indicated. 4. Routine monitoring of water systems. If a water system is infected, then the faster this is identified the faster corrective action can be taken. The UK L8 guidelines rely heavily on the risk assessment procedure, which requires that testing regimes are tailored to specific circumstances of the water system. 5. Identifying source of outbreaks. If there is an outbreak it is important for both public health and legal reasons to establish the source as soon as possible. Immediate testing can provide immediate detection and should be carried out before any disinfection treatment as part of a sampling regime.Does this test for all Legionella bacteria?
Our test kit is highly specific for Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (SG1). This is the variety of Legionella bacteria which is responsible for the majority of legionnaires disease cases and has been responsible for all known outbreaks of the disease.Legionella Test Kit Useful Documents
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