Water Safety Plan, Monochloramine Disinfection and Extensive Environmental Sampling Effectively Control and Other Waterborne Pathogens in Nosocomial Settings: The Ten-Year Experience of an Italian Hospital.

contamination control is crucial in healthcare settings where patients suffer an increased risk of disease and fatal outcome. To ensure an effective management of this health hazard, the accurate application of a hospital-specific Water Safety Plan (WSP), the choice of a suitable water disinfection system and an extensive monitoring program are required. Here, the ten-year experience of an Italian hospital is reported: since its commissioning, Legionellosis risk management has been entrusted to a multi-disciplinary Working Group, applying the principles of the World Health Organization's WSP.