Truck insurance clients in possible Legionnaire’s disease link

Legionnaire’s disease can be a deadly bacterium which grows in stagnant water. Each year, between 8,000 and 12,000 people are hospitalized with Legionnaires’ disease in the U.S. However, many infections are not diagnosed or reported, so this number may be higher. More illness is usually found in the summer, but it can happen any time of year.

The most recent UK disaster was In August 2002, seven members of the public died and 180 people suffered ill health as a result of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ at a council-owned arts and leisure facility in the town centre of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and again this has been attributed to stagnant water.

As you can see it’s a serious issue, and now we wish to highlight this to truck drivers as we believe many drivers may have close contact with Legionnaires’ disease due to many trucks having large wash screen bottles and this is the perfect place for Legionnaires’ disease to grow.

Our advise to your self is to check weekly on your level of screen wash, and always mix screen wash with water as this helps to kill the bacteria, never just pour neat water as again if not checked this turns into stagnant water and residue can come through the air vents of the truck causing bad flu, aching muscles and possible death.

At Isis insurance we believe in helping our Truck insurance clients with all the best possible advise and we hope you can follow the easy steps above which could be life saving!!

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