Legionella Testing Kit - DIY Test for Legionella | Legionella Control

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Legionella Testing Kit DIY Test for Legionella
Bacteria in Water
Legionella Control Internationals innovative
rapid legionella testing kit, LegionellaFast uses
the latest rapid-test technology to detect
Legionella bacteria in water. It is a quick and
easy to use DIY tester that will deliver an
accurate, straightforward YESNO test result
on-site in only 25 minutes.
LegionellaFast is an innovative rapid legionella
test that needs no laboratory and is designed to
give accurate in-field test results in only 25
minutes. It is the fastest legionella testing
method commercially available on the market
today. LegionellaFast test is ideal for testing
almost all water samples from sources including
domestic hot and cold water systems, taps and
showers, spa pools, water features, cooling
systems and many other applications where
Legionella bacteria and Legionnaires disease may
present a risk to safety and health. What is
Legionnaires disease?
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Key benefits of LegionellaFast
Take better control and improve your overall
legionella testing, monitoring and risk
management procedures with our state-of-the-art
in-field legionella test.

• Improved Risk Management  Ideal when access to
  a legionella laboratory is impractical or speed
  is imperative

• On-site The only genuine rapid legionella
  in-field test Get results on-site No waiting
  days for results No transporting samples to the
  lab

• Simple DIY Self-Test No specialist training
  required Accurate, easy to understand YESNO
  test result

• Fast The worlds fastest legionella test
  Gives results on-site in only 25 minutes

• Accurate More accurate than a lab test for
  Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1

• Excellent Sensitivity 100 CFU/litre (HSE ACOP
  L8 Standard)

Download our DIY Test Kit brochure
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How rapid legionella testing works
LegionellaFast uses a Lateral Flow
Immunochromatographic Assay (LFICA) to detect the
presence of cell surface antigens from Legionella
pneumophila serogroup 1 in only 25 minutes.
Once suitably filtered, the presence of the
antigen in a water sample causes the Test Line
to turn red in colour. A Control Line is also
included which should always turn red if the test
has been performed correctly.
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LegionellaFast has been designed to test waters
to a sensitivity of 100 CFU/L making it ideal
when access to a legionella laboratory is
impractical or speed is imperative. LegionellaFas
t should be used to support your existing
legionella risk management procedures and
sampling programme and should not replace
routine laboratory analysis.
Bacteria detected
Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1
Legionella detection method
Lateral Flow Immunochromatographic Assay (LFICA)
Lower limit of detection
Up to 100 CFU/L (0.1 CFU/mL)
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Suggested sample volume 250 mL Sample
parameters Sample should filter in less than 10
minutes.
Biocides LegionellaFast has been tested with a
range of common biocides and biodispersants used
in legionella control, at their normal maximum
concentrations. The test should not be used on
water systems treated with biguanide or THPS
based biocides. Development time 25
minutes Shelf life 18 months from manufacture
when stored at room temperature (lt30C) in
original packaging.
Expert legionella testing and water analysis For
further information about our DIY legionella
testing tools and risk management services please
call 0330 223 36 86 to speak to one of our
specialists or send your questions to us here
 contact us Do you need UKAS accredited
laboratory testing?
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• More aids to compliance
• ACOP L8 compliance monitoring kit
• Chlorination testing kit
• Thermometers
• Dip slides
• Incubators
• ATP meter
• Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 is the
  causative organism responsible for 88 of all
  cases of Legionnaires disease  The European
  Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
  Report 2011.