Legionella in building 101
NOTE TO THE ATTENTION OF
MS I. SOUKA – DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND SECURITY
AND
MR V. SUCHA – DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE
Subject: Legionella in building 101
We contact you as R&D Ispra and CISL-Fir since we received from concerned colleagues of the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP) a message sent on 16 April 2015 (see attachment 1) by Mr Dan Chirondojan on
behalf of both the Ispra Site Management (ISM) and the Medical Service.
The case regards a previous message (attachment 2) sent on 17 March by JRC ISPRA INFOPOINT 100-101 to all staff of building 101 stating that, due to extraordinary maintenance, no sanitary hot water would be available in
building 101. This message was repeated for several days (attachment 3) without further details about the purpose of the works.
One month later staff received the above cited message of Mr Dan Chirondojan mentioning that already on 17 March 2015 "Legionella bacteria was detected in one tap of the hot sanitary water of building 101. As precautionary
action, in consultation with the Medical Service, the hot water supply in all building 101 was immediately suspended and technical steps taken to ensure a sufficiently high operational water temperature to eradicate any
potential risk".
Though we appreciate the action immediately taken in March, we are deeply concerned about the non-communication of the detected Legionella contamination to the occupants of the IHCP building by both ISM and the
Medical Service. In addition the building concerned is also frequented by visitors of the many meetings that the IHCP is organising and appropriate information was not given to them either.
We would like, therefore that a proper and adequate communication flow to the staff will be re-established immediately, and all relevant information concerning the actions taken to detect the source of the problem (not made available yet) are urgently communicated to the JRC staff. Furthermore, we would like to know your opinion whether Art. 8.3 of the COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption is applicable or not.
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